Giving a voice to teacher-leaders, administrators, and students doing amazing things
By Heidi Hayes Jacobs, Bena Kallick, and Allison Zmuda Part Three in a Four-Part Series Assessment needs to change as we know it. COVID19 has illuminated the necessity for this change so that our students become increasingly more self-directed and Read More …
If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get Read More …
Our ‘inner voice’ is what we use to reflect on what we do, how and why we behave in the way we do, how we critique ourselves and how we connect the knowledge, ideas, concepts and concept frameworks developed using Read More …
“Watch your thoughts, they become words. “Watch your words; they become actions. “Watch your actions; they become habits. “Watch your habits; they become character. “Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.” – Frank Outlaw Do you ever hear your friends, Read More …
By Allison Zmuda and Bena Kallick Educators constantly ask how they can measure the development of “soft skills.” We contend that we cannot measure these skills the same way we are measuring academic skills because they are among the hardest Read More …
By Guy Claxton, Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick Twenty-first century skills. Social-emotional learning. Grit. Mindsets. Character strengths. Habits of Mind; habits of the heart. People use these words and phrases — and similar ones — to describe skills that Read More …
In 2012, I did an interview with Tony Wagner where he extolled the power of digital portfolios to document meaningful accomplishments both inside and outside of school. I wanted to explore more deeply into digital portfolios through someone that has Read More …