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Toys

It’s a familiar sight during the holidays: wrapping paper strewn about the floor, children shouting with joy as they open each of their new presents. It’s exciting to remember what it was like to be a kid. Imagine all these new toys. What do we play with first? How can we possibly decide? How greatContinue reading “Toys”

The Most Important Thing

How often does life reward us for being the smartest one in the room? TV trivia show prizes aside, how many things in life come to us because we know more than anyone else? Will it assure us entrance into a good college? Will it find us a life partner? Will it advance our career?Continue reading “The Most Important Thing”

This is How it Should Work…

…with differentiated instruction across the board, all under one umbrella. Needs are needs, people. Whether a child requires services because he has dyslexia, anxiety disorder, intellectual gifts – you name it. It’s time for us all to look at the services we provide as schools and bring them all together. http://www.wilmette39.org/DI39/

This I Believe

At the very heart of things, I am a classroom teacher. My vision for schools is firmly rooted in my core beliefs about education. I believe in public schooling as a cornerstone of American society. I believe that teaching is the greatest job in the world, and that children are the best co-workers in theContinue reading “This I Believe”