Teaching is more than imparting knowledge, it is inspiring change. Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is acquiring understanding. William Arthur Ward
Month: January 2017
Teach & Serve II, No. 25 – Conjunction Junction
Teach & Serve II, No. 25 – Conjunction Junction January 25, 2017 Author’s note: as a former teacher at an all boys school, writing a post wherein I used the word “but” over-and-over again did, in fact, make me smirk… go ahead and chuckle, but there’s hopefully a point here! In my position, I have the wonderful…
EduQuote of the Week: January 23 – 29, 2017
Every child deserves a champion – an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be. Rita Pierson
Teach & Serve II, No. 24 – My Father Didn’t Like School
Teach & Serve II, No. 24 – My Father Didn’t Like School January 18, 2017 My father, who professed a dislike of school and who I never heard anyone call “teacher” was one of the greatest teachers I ever had. He should have written a book about education. If he had, it would been titled Lessons about…
EduQuote of the Week: January 16 – 22, 2017
The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the true goal of education. Martin Luther King, jr
Teach & Serve II, No. 23 – Is It Time to Go?
Teach & Serve II, No. 23 – Is It Time to Go? January 11, 2017 As educational leaders, we can easily and readily overlook the signs that it is time for us to go. We can avoid the signals. We can hold on for dear life. And we do not always know we are doing this….
EduQuote of the Week: January 9 – 15, 2017
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people. Chinese Proverb
Teach & Serve II, No. 22 – One Song 2017
Teach & Serve II, No. 22 – One Song 2017 January 4, 2017 One of the greatest gifts of living in our society is that we are not all the same. And yet we are one. Stop me if you heard this one (and, if you read my blog last year, you did!): I love…
EduQuote of the Week: January 2 – 8, 2017
If you don’t play hard, they won’t let you in the huddle. Gary Kubiak