GARY ANDERSON
Thanks for visiting my blog. I appreciate your time reading and commenting here.Top Posts & Pages
- Review: THE VICTORY SEASON: THE END OF WORLD WAR II AND THE BIRTH OF BASEBALL'S GOLDEN AGE by Robert Weintraub
- When Students Cheat (And When They Don't)
- Let's Have Some Fun
- Review: NINETEEN MINUTES by Jodi Picoult
- Marie Lu and LEGEND Come to Town
- Review: THE PARIS WIFE by Paula McLain
- Playing with Chicago's Public Art
- Review: DRAMA by Raina Telgemeier
- "The New/Newer/Newest Colossus"
- The Good Start: Twelve Targets for New Teachers
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- Review: THE VICTORY SEASON: THE END OF WORLD WAR II AND THE BIRTH OF BASEBALL’S GOLDEN AGE by Robert Weintraub
- Review: LIVING WITH JACKIE CHAN by Jo Knowles
- Review: BOB DYLAN IN AMERICA by Sean Wilentz
- “Does This Need a Title?”: Helping Students Generate Titles
- What Students Read When They Can Read Anything
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Tag Archives: education
Review: FEEL-BAD EDUCATION by Alfie Kohn
Feel Bad Education by Alfie Kohn My rating: 4 of 5 stars Alfie Kohn has made sense to me for more than a decade, ever since a colleague recommended Kohn’s book Punished by Rewards and enthusiastically implemented a no-grade policy … Continue reading
Review: DRIVE by Daniel H. Pink
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink My rating: 5 of 5 stars I usually start twitching when business management models are applied to schools, but Daniel Pink’s observations about motivation are highly transferable to … Continue reading
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Tagged autonomy, books, daniel pink, drive, education, mastery, motivation, purpose, review, reviews, schools, students, teachers
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Mark Twain Is Right, Again!
Maybe no one will mind if Mark Twain leads off this blog post: “Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. Simply suppose you were a member of Congress. And … Continue reading
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Tagged act, bureacrats, celebrate, colleagues, dogs, education, idiots, mark twain, parents, policy, politicians, schools, students, success, what's not wrong
The Good Start: Twelve Targets for New Teachers
My first year of teaching was twenty-nine years ago, so when one of our newly hired colleagues emailed last spring requesting advice and ideas for starting the school year, I appreciated the opportunity to provide her with a few thoughts … Continue reading
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Tagged balance, education, english, fun, mentors, new teachers, respect, students, teaching, writing
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