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Who has the most power: teachers or learners?

Who has the most power: teachers or learners?

The Edge of Education February 20, 2013 at 8:42 am Comments are Disabled

Once, when I was doing my student teaching, I created a test for a “Business Communications” unit.  Now you have to understand that this was […]

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Don’t Throw Out Your Leveled Libraries Yet!  Text Complexity and Helping Students Learn to Pick “Just-Right” Books

Don’t Throw Out Your Leveled Libraries Yet! Text Complexity and Helping Students Learn to Pick “Just-Right” Books

Featured Articles February 5, 2013 at 10:24 pm 4 comments

By: Rita Platt Recently I was at a meeting for reading specialists when the concept of level-appropriate texts came up. Much to my surprise several […]

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What good parents do

What good parents do

The Edge of Education November 14, 2012 at 10:09 am Comments are Disabled

The other day I got an email from a parent (let’s call her Sally) with comments and fears so common that I just had to […]

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Schools Cannot Do It Alone: Chapter 1

Schools Cannot Do It Alone: Chapter 1

The Shift April 9, 2012 at 6:35 pm 2 comments

SCHOOLS CANNOT DO IT ALONE by Jamie Vollmer A book study: Please participate in the discussion by leaving a comment below. Part 2 in a […]

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Schools Cannot Do It Alone: Introduction

Schools Cannot Do It Alone: Introduction

The Shift April 6, 2012 at 10:31 pm 4 comments

SCHOOLS CANNOT DO IT ALONE by Jamie Vollmer A book study: Please participate in the discussion by leaving a comment below. Part 1 in a […]

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A book study: Schools Cannot Do It Alone

A book study: Schools Cannot Do It Alone

The Shift April 6, 2012 at 10:26 pm 4 comments

The following is a message from New Richmond Teacher, Scott Heron, who has graciously agreed to share his book study with We Teach We Learn.  […]

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Bertrand Russell

Quote of the Day May 26, 2010 at 10:08 pm Comments are Disabled

“It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man (WTWL interjects, “or student”) who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won’t go.”

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Visioning and the development of outstanding teachers. Duffy, G.

Annotations May 25, 2010 at 3:11 pm 1 comment

Duffy, G. (2002). Visioning and the development of outstanding teachers.  Reading Research and Instruction.  41, 331-344.  Retrieved June 16, 2008 from ProQuest database. An Annotation […]

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Storming the citadel: reading theory critically. Brookfield, S.D.

Annotations May 18, 2010 at 5:18 pm Comments are Disabled

Brookfield, S.D. (1995). Storming the citadel: reading theory critically.  In Becoming a critically reflective teacher. Jossey-Bass Inc. (pp. 185-206). An Annotation by Laurie Walsh The […]

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The Edge of Education Carnival.  Issue 1

The Edge of Education Carnival. Issue 1

Featured Articles November 2, 2009 at 2:08 pm 6 comments

Welcome to the first issue of The Edge of Education Carnival. As will all the issues to follow, this carnival is devoted to all those teachers out there on the cutting edge of teaching and learning. There is a lot go good stuff going on out there. Our mission in creating The Edge of Education Carnival is to collect that frontier work that is leading the way in teaching and learning–in all it’s chaotic glory.

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