For Your Binder

Let's stop using personal preferences as a measurement tool of "professionalism." #teaching 

From the New York Times archives! A deep look at Jean Piaget!  #learning #teaching #theorists #parenting

Sometimes it takes teachers AND parents to bring educational policies in-line with what we know about the importance of recess. #recess #play #teaching #learning #DAP #outside #movement

This link will take you to a microfiche document that is dated in both narrative language and in copyright terms but the heart of the message is still valid: across the country non-white children are learning to read from books which scarcely mention them or omit them entirely - what does that say to them about their perceived role in the world they are growing up in?

#books #stories #DAP #language #literacy #diversity #inclusion #teaching #learning #reading

Are the walls influencing learning? #environment #teaching #learning #art #creativity

This is one of the most bittersweet pieces I've ever read.  It will break your heart and yet show you how to repair it all at the same time. Read: the pure power of PLAY.  #play #playwork #teaching #learning

Lisa uses Howard Gardner's existing framework as a platform to stretch ourselves out of our comfort zones to make sure our classrooms are making room for everyone - not just the kids we like.  #handouts #teaching #learning #DAP #theorists

Missed the workshop? Want to watch it again? Got a DVD player? Lisa has DVDs of all her workshops! #oldschool  

You can access the articles within The American Journal of Play free online or pay a nominal fee and have the journal mailed to you. The journal started in 2008 and is a scholarly yet accessible resource for your next college paper, deep dive into a specific interest area, or to show the wolves that, Yes Virginia, we are a scholarly profession!  And BONUS!  There is a search function within the journal section so you can drill down and get exactly what you were looking for! #play #teaching #learning #DAP

This study attempts to explain the underlying processes that contribute to the well-documented racial disparities in school readiness, educational achievement and in later life opportunity. #teaching #learning #equity #implicitbias #expulsion

You'll need to restock your ink and paper if you like to print things out. It'll be worth it!  #mixedages #learning #teaching #DAP

Grouping children in narrow age cohorts is a fairly new practice! #mixedages #teaching #learning #DAP

Here are six things to know about the 30 million word gap. #learning #teaching #parenting #DAP