https://padlet.com/amandabuchanan/aoggk7ffu6gc Made with a wish on a star en-us 2017-04-04 12:41:45 UTC 2017-04-04 15:51:40 UTC hello@padlet.com amandabuchanan https://padlet.com/amandabuchanan/aoggk7ffu6gc/wish/164597144 There's at least 1 thing you need to know about each of your students.
I'm not sure what it is--
you'll have to get to know them.

]]> 2017-04-04 12:47:30 UTC https://padlet.com/amandabuchanan/aoggk7ffu6gc/wish/164597144 amandabuchanan https://padlet.com/amandabuchanan/aoggk7ffu6gc/wish/164597630 .....if I were asked to name the most needed of all reforms in the spirit of education, I should say: 'Cease conceiving of education as mere preparation for later life, and make it the full meaning of the present life.'
                        ]]> 2017-04-04 12:49:18 UTC https://padlet.com/amandabuchanan/aoggk7ffu6gc/wish/164597630 amandabuchanan https://padlet.com/amandabuchanan/aoggk7ffu6gc/wish/164597972 The best teachers don't always have the most innovative lessons......but they keep trying and they always do right by the kids!]]> 2017-04-04 12:50:48 UTC https://padlet.com/amandabuchanan/aoggk7ffu6gc/wish/164597972 amandabuchanan https://padlet.com/amandabuchanan/aoggk7ffu6gc/wish/164598208 What would schools, teaching, and learning look like if common sense prevailed?]]> 2017-04-04 12:51:48 UTC https://padlet.com/amandabuchanan/aoggk7ffu6gc/wish/164598208 amandabuchanan https://padlet.com/amandabuchanan/aoggk7ffu6gc/wish/164598476 Given that the curriculum is already crowded, a major political challenge is articulating what deemphasize in the curriculum - and why - in order to make room for students to deeply master core 21st century skills.]]> 2017-04-04 12:52:59 UTC https://padlet.com/amandabuchanan/aoggk7ffu6gc/wish/164598476 amandabuchanan https://padlet.com/amandabuchanan/aoggk7ffu6gc/wish/164598676 Happiness is NOT
the absence of problems.
It's the ability to deal with them.]]> 2017-04-04 12:53:43 UTC https://padlet.com/amandabuchanan/aoggk7ffu6gc/wish/164598676 amandabuchanan https://padlet.com/amandabuchanan/aoggk7ffu6gc/wish/164598838 What determines what students know and are able to do is not what the curriculum says they are supposed to do, nor even what the teacher thinks he or she is asking students to do.  What predicts performance is what students are actually doing.]]> 2017-04-04 12:54:25 UTC https://padlet.com/amandabuchanan/aoggk7ffu6gc/wish/164598838 amandabuchanan https://padlet.com/amandabuchanan/aoggk7ffu6gc/wish/164599117 Coming together is a beginning:
Keeping together is progress:
working together is 
SUCCESS.]]> 2017-04-04 12:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/amandabuchanan/aoggk7ffu6gc/wish/164599117 amandabuchanan https://padlet.com/amandabuchanan/aoggk7ffu6gc/wish/164599365 High-performing countries try to attract the most promising candidates to the teaching profession early on, but they also understand the talent can and must be nurtured through high-quality training and continuous learning. These countries strive to boost teachers' knowledge base, enhance the professional qualifications of teachers and involve them in professional development activities, particularly teacher collaboration.]]> 2017-04-04 12:56:35 UTC https://padlet.com/amandabuchanan/aoggk7ffu6gc/wish/164599365