Unless you’re reading this post through some sort of snail-mail delivery method, you’re probably familiar with at least some of Larry Ferlazzo’s prolific work on the Internet. (Here’s his blog; here’s his column for EdWeek [scroll down to find my two cents].) When I was preparing the lectures inside of Teaching with Articles, I knew that my […]
Archives for April 2016
Can’t Need It, Gotta Want It
We all got into teaching because we hoped our work would make an impact; we envisioned seeing the grown man in the supermarket who would walk up to us and say, “Hi Mr. Stuart — remember me? Here is my wife; these are my children. They are all well-fed and flourishing thanks to the things […]
A Conversation with Kelly Gallagher
Remember that post I wrote a few weeks ago about how long I spend grading articles of the week? In today’s post, I’m sharing the entire conversation between Kelly Gallagher and me. A couple of months ago when I was working on Teaching with Articles, I emailed some folks who I believed could greatly help me in […]
Asking the Right Questions: The Best of My Blog, Organized by Question
Those who wish to succeed must ask the right preliminary questions. –Artistotle, Metaphysics, Book II, as cited by CS Lewis in Miracles Teaching and learning in the USA suffers from murkiness of thought. We aren’t clear on some very, very basic things, and this is often because we don’t ask the right questions at the start. […]
What is the Role of Education?
Note from Dave: I wanted to share this article with you for a couple of reasons. First, Barrett Brooks is a young man who is going to have a great impact on this world. He already is, actually, through his work at Fizzle and his blog at BarrettBrooks.com. (He’s one of few bloggers whose work I consistently read.) […]
