Video Games All Day Every Day?

Different school models fascinate me, regardless of my opinion of its effectiveness. No matter the set up, we as educators can learn from them. This morning I read about a “democratic school” out in Maryland called The Fairhaven School. This school and schools like it, are designed to create the freedom for students to explore their interests and […]

Helping ADHD Students Succeed!

According to the Center for Disease Control (From the CDC website): Approximately 11% of children 4-17 years of age (6.4 million) have been diagnosed with ADHD as of 2011. The percentage of children with an ADHD diagnosis continues to increase, from 7.8% in 2003 to 9.5% in 2007 and to 11.0% in 2011. Rates of […]

The Experience

When popular business books speak about marketing, a large majority of them emphasize the importance of an enjoyable and memorable experience when they use your service or product. For teachers, our clients are our students…(even though it sometimes feels like we need to please parents and administrators). When kids step into our classrooms, what kind […]

The Art Of Code Breaking

Today I came back from a short business trip and couldn’t wait to see my youth choir students! (Grades 4-8) Although I had a great time in Texas, I was excited to dive back into the work with these very talented young musicians. Little by little they are digging deeper into conventional notation to understand […]

The Thursday Night Line Up

Every week I look forward to Thursday nights! I love to watch “Project Runway” and “Grey’s Anatomy” …..(although the latter needs to end already) and of course, “Scandal”. Now Ms. Shonda Rhimes has come out with a new fabulous Thursday night drama called “How To Get Away With Murder”…..yet ANOTHER show to become addicted to […]

Our Limiting Beliefs

I read a story in Jack Canfield’s book “The Success Principles” that was very powerful. He recounts a story from 1977 in Tallahassee, FL. A woman who was 63 at the time, picked up the back end of a Buick to get it off her grandson’s arm. Before that time, she had never lifted anything […]