Tasty Bites for Teachers' Minds

“If my students are to meet every inch of their academic potential, I must understand the barriers to education that exist for them.” ― Kyle Schwartz, I Wish My Teacher Knew: How One Question Can Change Everything for Our Kids Kia ora, excellent snackers! I'm pretty sure that I've mentioned this before...I am a teacher with an ADHD brain (I don't want you to think that I don't have data ...;-). I sustect that some of you are, as well. Welcome, fam! I've also mentioned that, i

Kind greetings, snackers! Sincere thanks for clicking and reading. Seriously...what's going on ? Given all of our hard work around differentiation, why are we still using this insidious binary: Good. Bad. REALLY?!!! Unfortunately, I still hear these words used by students and adults to describe behavior and achievement. Which is interesting , given how quickly we can rattle off a copious list of valid reasons for why people who do things way less important than education do

"It's not easy. But it's simple." -Eric Thomas Here it is, snackers! The number one reason why we struggle in front of our classrooms every day. I imagine that each of you has had the experience of giving directions to a student one-on-one. They start to walk away, seeming to "get it", only to turn back and say, "Wait. What are we supposed to be doing again?"  We often hear , but many things can get in the way  of understanding. EDUCATION WEEK reports that 1 in 5 of student