Getting to Know Students

Posted by sylvia

Last spring I read Searching for Hope: Life at a Failing School in the Heart of America by Matthew Tully, a journalist who wrote a weekly column in The Indianapolis Star while spending a year at Manual High School in Indianapolis. Having taught at a “failing” inner-city urban school, I am always amazed at how [...]

24 Aug 2012

First Days of School: That Red Hat…

Posted by sylvia

That red hat on the first day of school should have been a clue. On the first days of the school year, students introduce themselves, but with their personas in full effect — the image they want to project to the world. But at some point, the masks fall. Only then can we get to know [...]