All Blog Posts Tagged 'mentoring' (3)

Cross-posted at Classroom 2.0 and ThinkTime.

Many teachers shy away from contemporary music. Why? It could be because their own teachers did the same.

That quote comes from Ann, an aspiring music educator at the … Continue

I hosted a tutor/mentor conference in Chicago and about 120 people attended.We had guests from Arizona, Mississippi, Indiana, Iowa, Virginia, Wisconsin, and of course, Chicago and Illinois. One of the workshops was on twitter, and another on ementoring. Lots of good ideas were shared and I'll be writing about them on my blog. I'm also in many on-line forums and in one… Continue

I attended a policy forum in Chicago this week hosted by The Consortium on Chicago School Research. The presenters showed information that suggested that in chronically under-performing schools, strategies that expand social capital in the community around the school could have a signi… Continue