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The Courage to Teach
The heart of education is an education of the heart. The root of the word “courage” is the Latin word “cor,” meaning “heart.” The English word “core” comes from the same Latin root. So at its core,...
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Using Art to Teach the Habitudes
Wendy Bellagamba and Rachel Sepe, 4th grade teachers at Hough Street School in Barrington, IL, are “Teachers with Habitudes.” They have a passion for helping students become involved citizens who...
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A Get to Know You Activity With a Heartfelt Message
This is a guest post by Maggie Maslowski, English teacher at Joliet West High School, Illinois. Her class Twitter account is @jthsmaslowski and they use the hashtag #jthsmas *** Every new...
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Heartbreak Mapping in Action
Today’s inspiring guest post is from Joy Kirr, a 7th grade literature and language arts teacher in Arlington Heights, Illinois. During Genius Hour, she engaged her students in mapping the things that...
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The Immortality of Stories
image credit: khunaspix via freedigitalphotos.net This powerful guest post by English teacher Brian Denesha challenges us to deepen our students’ experience of learning by infusing lessons with emotion...
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A Daily Dose of Habitudes
As I wrote last May, Classroom Habitudes, published in 2008, is more popular now than ever, with book studies popping up every week and entire districts and even states full of teachers reading the...
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This morning, I had the pleasure of joining, via Google Hangout, the Amplify team at FETC, where lots of passionate teachers and leaders are wondering how to bring passion into their classrooms and...
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Empowering Students through Heartbreak — Guest Post by Silvia Zanatta
Seventh grade teacher Silvia Zanatta recently shared with me the ways in which she and her students are engaging in the You Matter movement. Through heartbreak mapping, memoir writing, and even slam...
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Jumping into Genius Hour — Guest Post by Tony Klein
image credit: samuiblue via freedigitalphotos.net In the midst of this frigid winter, my heart was warmed during a visit to Estherville Lincoln Central Community School District in northern Iowa. The...
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Words Matter: Why a Top Agency Has No “Clients”
Regular readers of this blog know that, to me, words matter. I’ve long encouraged teachers to choose their words wisely, because the words we choose have a powerful effect on learning. Yesterday, I...
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