Do everything possible so that liberty is victorious over oppression, justice over injustice, love over hate. – Ignacio Ellacuira, SJ
Tag: Ignatian Educator
Teach & Serve III, No. 1 – Teach Boldly, Again!
Teach & Serve III, No. 1 Teach Boldly, Again! August 9, 2017 Teachers, your students want to be engaged. Inspire them. Be bold. The beginning of the beginning is ramping up in schools all over the country. If you’re reading this, you’re likely a teacher or administrator knee deep in preparation, cross checking lists of…
EduQuote of the Week: August 7 – 13, 2017
National Smile Week Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. – Saint Teresa of Calcutta
EduQuote of the Week: May 29 – June 4, 2017 (FAREWELL EDITION – See You in the Fall!)
You know the greatest danger facing us is ourselves, an irrational fear of the unknown. But there’s no such thing as the unknown — only things temporarily hidden, temporarily not understood. – Captain James Tiberius Kirk
Teach & Serve II, No. 42 – We’ll See You Next Year!
Teach & Serve II, No. 42 – We’ll See You Next Year! May 24, 2017 This concludes Volume II of Teach & Serve with a look back over the offerings for the 2016-2017 school year. Look for Teach & Serve Volume III, No. 1 on August 30, 2017! I thought I would include, again, my favorite video find of…
EduQuote of the Week: May 22 – 28, 2017
We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better. – JK Rowling
Teach & Serve II, No. 41 – Graduations
Teach & Serve II, No. 41 – Graduations May 17, 2017 So, yes, our students leave us but we, in large part, do not leave them. The sun is out with more regularity and throughout more of the day. The trees and grasses are greener. The flowers are budding. There is, if you listen closely, more…
EduQuote of the Week: May 15 – 21, 2017
I’m more interested in arousing enthusiasm in kids than in teaching the facts. The facts may change, but that enthusiasm for exploring the world will remain with them the rest of their lives. – Seymour Simon
EduQuote of the Week: May 8 – 14, 2017
A child who is protected from all controversial ideas is as vulnerable as a child who is protected from every germ. The infection, when it comes- and it will come- may overwhelm the system, be it the immune system or the belief system. – Jane Smiley
Teach & Serve II, No. 39 – Grades vs. Assessment
Teach & Serve II, No. 39 – Grades vs. Assessment May 3, 2017 If the days of asking students to memorize and return sets of facts and figures to their teachers are not over in your school, I would suggest you have deeply rooted problems. As we approach the end of this school year, the thoughts…