How Culturally Responsive Teaching Re-Draws the Boundaries of the “In” Crowd Why is it that so many kids crave to be part of the “in” crowd? What do they hope to gain? Regardless of what they’re looking for, being a part of the “in” crowd is a healthy desire. We’re not talking popularity status. We’re talking about the astounding evidence that shows how students in the “in-group” and “out-group...
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Would Your Students Describe Your Classroom as Boring or Chaotic? “This month seems like a lost cause for learning.” Have you heard someone say something like that before? I’ve got an idea for you this month to keep you green and growing all the way till the school year’s over. It’s never too late to try something new that can boost student learning. This is a great time of the school year for an ...
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If your sole source of information about the effects of marijuana use is pop culture (via YouTube, the media, and celebrity statements), it can be easy to assume that pot is simply a harmless drug that mellows people out. After all, how bad can it be if it is prescribed as medicine? Plus, there is a growing national trend to legalize recreational marijuana. All this can lead to the belief that ...
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Guys, sports, and parenting series #9 The number of times teams get caught with too many men on the field seems, well, too many. Is it that we only have 10 fingers, and teams have 11 players that makes it tough to keep track at times? It was rare, but even Coach Baker in the chaos of injuries and changing plans got caught with too many players. The excitement of everything going on and what he w...
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Guys, sports, and parenting series #8 As football players, we used to spend a lot of time in the weight room trying to get more power out of our muscles. Some of us spent more time than others, and while we did have some members of our team who went far in football, it wasn’t primarily their biceps that got them there, it was the strongest muscle in their body, their heart! No amount of time in t...
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Guys, sports, and parenting series #1 Guys have tremendous power to be an influence for good in their kids’ lives. We face some challenges however. Sometimes we don’t get involved. Other times we don’t know what we should do. There are times when we don’t want to take heat from mom and avoid getting involved. What we may not realize is that we are amazingly prepared to help raise kids, and ki...
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Teacher readiness series #5 I’m not nearly as concerned about student readiness for school as I am about teacher readiness. As teachers we want our students to be successful. Part of their success will be our planning activities in such a way that the activity or learning makes sense and works for our students as well as for us. We will focus on particular activities in the next article. In th...
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