Better teachers make better schools

Teachers are the key. To be more precise, highly effective teachers are the key. Putting high quality educators in every classroom would increase student performance more than any other reform movements. This isn’t just my opinion, it’s also the opinion of Professor Edward L. Glaeser according to his op-ed in the Boston Globe.

Dr. Glaeser [...]

Interesting (SSOL) stuff 2

While I’m not sharing these with my students anymore (yahoo for summer!), I’m still finding good stuff that I’m tucking away in my personal files. Here’s a sampling of sites that made me SSOL (say “sweet!” out loud):

The Big Picture

Part of the Boston Globe’s online space, The Big Picture posts amazing high quality [...]