Teach For America

With its companion website, the book seems like a good starting place for teachers of young children trying to figure out what concrete steps they need to be taking. I am still trying to figure out what parts of the book can translate into improvements in my own teaching—increased use of assessments is clearly warranted, despite the disastrous extra amounts of work for me that portends (not to mention student resistance: they don’t like bet-the-company finals, but they’re not going to like quizzes/midterms either, I predict). A relatively quick and well-structured read; I look forward to exploring the website too.… (mais)