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Category Archives: Recommended Reading

Ten Steps to Better Student Engagement

Recommended ReadingBy InflexionMarch 11, 2009

Former teacher and teacher coach Tristan de Frondeville suggests strategies to increase student engagement.

Why Don’t Students Like School?

Recommended ReadingBy InflexionMarch 1, 2009

Daniel T. Willingham argues that “People are naturally curious, but they are not naturally good thinkers; unless the cognitive conditions are right, people will avoid thinking.”

Rigor Redefined

Recommended ReadingBy InflexionOctober 1, 2008

Tony Wagner explores the skills that students need to build successful careers and to be good citizens. He uses examples and non-examples to suggest how these skills can be developed in the classroom.

Beyond the Bubble: History Assessment Tasks

Beyond the Bubble: History Assesments

Recommended ReadingBy InflexionAugust 22, 2008

Beyond the Bubble unlocks the vast digital archive of the Library of Congress to create a new generation of history assessments.

Preparing Creative and Critical Thinkers

Recommended ReadingBy InflexionJune 1, 2008

Donald J. Treffinger asserts that students today must be empowered to become creative thinkers, critical thinkers, and problem solvers. He discusses the relationship between creative and critical thinking, tools for generating ideas, and tools for focusing ideas.

The Myth of the “Culture of Poverty”

Recommended ReadingBy InflexionApril 1, 2008

Paul Gorski debunks many of the various myths associated with the concept of the “culture of poverty” and addresses what he believes is the real reason an achievement gap exists between low and high income students: a culture of classism.

Seven Strong Claims About Successful School Leadership

Recommended ReadingBy InflexionFebruary 1, 2008

The authors provide an overview of literature concerning school leadership and make seven claims about successful school leadership.

The Many Faces of Leadership

Recommended ReadingBy InflexionSeptember 1, 2007

The author discusses teacher leadership: why teachers exercise leadership, how teachers exercise leadership, why teacher leadership is important, what teacher leadership looks like, and conditions that promote teacher leadership.

Ten Roles for Teacher Leaders

Recommended ReadingBy InflexionSeptember 1, 2007

Cindy Harrison and Joelle Killion outline ten (of many) roles that teachers take on to contribute to their schools’ success.

The Power of a Touchstone

Recommended ReadingBy InflexionJuly 1, 2006

Charles Elbot and Dave Fulton suggest schools develop “touchstones” along with the community that contain values and beliefs that should guide decision-making and behavior.

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