Fabulous story on This American Life – “Back to School.” Economic reasoning meets social psychology meets instructional/parent coaching as Ira Glass unpacks and integrates interviews that merge cognitive development with non-cognitive domains (character, personality traits, social skills, etc.)
With new ways to begin on day one and the first days of school. What if teachers staged a flashmob of sorts on the first days of school in 2012-13? As an entire profession, united as one, what if teachers put aside syllabi and course explanations, textbook distributions and notebook organization, grading policies and seating charts? What if we began with student voices and with listening to what they hope to learn and become. What if we did something like:
Perhaps we could start a movement…
it's about learning 