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Differentiation Using Tiered Instruction

I just sent my latest book to the editor.  It was a collaboration with a colleague, Stephanie Haskins, and the book is entitled, “A Practical Guide to Tiering Instruction in the Differentiated Classroom:  Classroom-Tested Strategies, Management Tools, Assessment Ideas, and More to Help You Create

A “Right Brain” way of Leading and Thinking

I learned many things in the process of completing my dissertation and it began my enduring fascination with the brain and learning.  I also read Gazzaniga, Sperry, and other pioneers in the field which prepped me for the many works to come.

I finished my dissertation in l986 at the University

21st Century Learning–Can we get there from here?

Efforts to make stakeholders in education aware of how to carry schools into the 21st Century (website  http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/route21 ) are being pursued on many levels, but the road to get there is long and winding with many barriers. Convincing administrators and teachers that there

Block Scheduling Isn’t the Culprit—Lecturing Is! Go with Brain-Compatible Lesson Design!

I was talking to a parent of two high school students the other day about my passion to work with teachers on how to design lessons so students are engaged and interested in the content being taught. She started to say something about how block scheduling was a big part of the problem and then