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The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact by Chip and Dan Heath makes the case that we all experience moments that make a huge difference in our lives and that there are things we can do to make them happen. You need to be aware of moments in your life and look for ways to make them happen again for yourself and those you serve. This is a must-read for any leader.
Read entire post...I love writing, but I’m not crazy about marketing my own work so I could use your help. If you like the Internet resources and book summaries I post, please consider sending out a tweet to promote my new book Teaching Isn’t Rocket Science, It’s Way More Complex: What’s Wrong With Education and How to […]
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Treating ADHD with Music Therapy by Charles Carpenter is one parent’s effort to help other parents who have children with ADHD. Here he explains how music therapy has the power to help these children and people with other disorders. I should point out that music can be therapeutic for people with no known disorder as when you play or sing, the world goes away.
The Testing Charade: Pretending to Make Schools Better by Daniel Koretz covers the unintended negative consequences of the test-based school and teacher accountability system forced on schools by federal legislation. In addition to outright cheating, he also points out how test prep leads to bad teaching and how non tested subjects are given short shrift. As policymakers remain in denial about the failure of this system, it is works like this that give us hope.
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May your 2018 be all you and those you love expect and need. Take time to rest and recharge, and set some new goals. One of my goals for 2017 was to finish and publish a book. I hope you will consider picking up a copy and sharing it with anyone you know who has the power to make some needed changes. It’s time to move past one-size-fits-all instruction and a failed test-based accountability system among other things. Join me in this vital fight.
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