Month: April 2022

  • take a hike

    take a hike

    Classroom management is a billion-dollar business. Books, consultants, conferences – oh my! Today’s marketing rhetoric about classroom management includes phrases like “building students up instead of breaking them down,” but the reality remains the same. According to one popular website that I refuse to link, “Many teachers today are asking for help, they want to…

  • because i said so

    because i said so

    We’ve all heard it from at least one parent or teacher: “Because I said so.” On one hand, “because I said so” is an epic fail, a signal that an authority figure is lazy or bankrupt. That’s all you got? When I was a kid I didn’t respect adults who couldn’t provide reasons to support…

  • Physical fitness is for lead learners too

    Physical fitness is for lead learners too

    Part of my job as a Lead Learner is to model how we can find, analyze, evaluate, and use the best information out there. Here’s an example: a post about physical fitness that I shared with students during the pandemic. ______________________ This page provides some basic information about physical fitness, one of the five fitnesses…

  • Giving school the finger

    Giving school the finger

    School can be a cruel, abusive place. We greatly underestimate the commitment and care with which students try to navigate school in order to succeed. This week on Twitter friends pinged me about the trials they endured to graduate and get on with their learning lives: Yes, I do. Here’s one. More than 5,000 students attended…