relational teaching

Why Feedback Rarely Does What It’s Meant To

This is arguably one of the best articles I read in 2019, perhaps the best…
Advice from my 40-something self to my 20-something self

*taps* Hello? Hellooooo? Is this thing on? (You never know with time travel equipment.) Ok. I’ve…
Letter to a Young High School Teacher | Comment Magazine

We teach who we are. Teaching isn’t as much about the what as it is about…
Why I mentor

As an exercise to wrap up the training this week, I’m supposed to draft my personal…
Want to discuss education?

This is a small plug for a site where I and a few friends chip away at…
Teaching Redemptively: It’s about the students, really.

Teaching Redemptively: It’s about the students, really. Teaching is a subject that’s always on my mind,…
Online education – just a pathway to low-quality education?

Let me lead into today’s story with a Facebook thread: John’s personal journey from a…
Education Rethink: Actually, It Is Personal

Education Rethink: A Sustainable Start: Actually, It Is Personal. One of my favorite bloggers in education,…
What’s the point of a teacher you can’t build a relationship with?

I’m getting to where it’s nearly impossible for me to envision teaching without seeing it as relational.…
To My Students: Please Remember

I guess nothing is more terrifying for a teacher than the realization that 99% of what…