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Unlocking the Brilliant Corners [1]

Submitted by Trevor Barton [2] on March 30, 2011

B loves bugs. I met him during the first week of school as I conducted the standard assessment of how many words he could read per minute from a second-grade story. After the assessment, I gave him the customary caterpillar sticker to put on his shirt to show everyone that he was going to emerge as a great reader during his second-grade year.

B loves bugs. I met him during the first week of school as I conducted the standard assessment of how many words he could read per minute from a second-grade story.

Creating Authentic Audiences for Writing Students [5]

Submitted by Jill E. Thomas [6] on March 9, 2011

One of the surest ways to motivate students to not only write, but to write with passion, purpose and power, is to make sure they have an authentic audience. This means they must write for somebody other than me, their teacher. Students must know that there is power in their words and that they can be heard. 

One of the surest ways to motivate students to not only write, but to write with passion, purpose and power, is to make sure they have an authentic audience.

'Teach: Tony Danza' Captures Classroom Reality [8]

Submitted by Jill E. Thomas [6] on January 5, 2011

In my household, where my husband and I are both high school English teachers, we generally do not watch movies or TV shows about our profession during the school year. In nearly every teacher movie I can think of, there’s a clear message: If teachers just worked harder, students would succeed. I should be like Erin Gruwell of Freedom Writers [9], who sacrifices her marriage for her students, who works two jobs to buy new books for her class and who, ultimately, leaves teaching after just a few years. Depictions like these perpetuate the myth that all it takes are a few good martyrs. When they burn out, just hire some more.

In my household, where my husband and I are both high school English teachers, we generally do not watch movies or TV shows about our profession during the school year.

Toward a More Civil Discourse [11]

Number 37: Spring 2010 [12]

There is a pressing need to change the tenor of public debate from shouts and slurs to something more reasoned and effective.

Classroom Simulations: Proceed With Caution [14]

Number 33: Spring 2008 [15]

When Maya Saakvitne's parents sent her for a three-day school field trip two years ago at Nature's Classroom, a camp in western Massachusetts, they didn't expect her to come home with a tale of her

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[1] http://www.tolerance.org/blog/unlocking-brilliant-corners
[2] http://www.tolerance.org/author/trevor-barton
[3] http://www.tolerance.org/category/blogs-and-articles/classroom-practice
[4] http://www.tolerance.org/blog/unlocking-brilliant-corners#comments
[5] http://www.tolerance.org/blog/creating-authentic-audiences-writing-students
[6] http://www.tolerance.org/author/jill-e-thomas
[7] http://www.tolerance.org/blog/creating-authentic-audiences-writing-students#comments
[8] http://www.tolerance.org/blog/teach-tony-danza-captures-classroom-reality
[9] http://www.freedomwritersfoundation.org
[10] http://www.tolerance.org/blog/teach-tony-danza-captures-classroom-reality#comments
[11] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-37-spring-2010/feature/toward-more-civil-discourse
[12] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-37-spring-2010
[13] http://www.tolerance.org/comment/reply/18381#comment-form
[14] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-33-spring-2008/feature/classroom-simulations-proceed-caution
[15] http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-33-spring-2008
[16] http://www.tolerance.org/comment/reply/11616#comment-form
[17] http://www.tolerance.org/category/blogs-and-articles/classroom-practice?page=3
[18] http://www.tolerance.org/category/blogs-and-articles/classroom-practice?page=1
[19] http://www.tolerance.org/category/blogs-and-articles/classroom-practice?page=2