Teaching
Looking Ahead
Last week we decided to replace our old dishwasher. After what must have been thousands of loads our trusty friend, who had always been loud, was becoming unruly. Once we turned her (or him?) on the only conversations we could have in the kitchen had to be yelled. Between cycles it (?) would let out […]Read Post ›
#Teachingis Adapting
[Cross-posted on Edutopia] Recently the Center for Teaching Quality launched a #Teachingis campaign for teachers to tweet different visions and realities of teaching. The responses were varied and poignant. As we know, teaching is ever changing and virtually indescribable in its complexity. Reading the tweets of “what #Teachingis” helped me think more deeply about the multilayered identities that we […]Read Post ›
2014 Teacher Summer Institute
Our Teacher Summer Institute is a wonderful way for innovative teachers to immerse themselves in a week of practical learning and curriculum design. The week focuses on Inquiry, Project-Based Learning, and Technology-Enriched Learning.The Summer Institute will be experiential and participatory. Teachers will be exposed to a wide range of model projects and methods and will use […]Read Post ›
Being a Learner
In the midst of a catastrophic budget and management crisis in Philadelphia schools, I am spending the last weeks of my summer alternately mourning the state of public schools in my city, advocating for an equitable funding system, and feeling excitement about the school year ahead. As I enter my thirteenth year of teaching I […]Read Post ›
Mr J Block 