Turning the Page with Parkinson’s TC alum Bruce Ballard (Ed.D. ’94) is the author of his own story, from pedagogy to poetry On Bruce Ballard’s (Ed.D. ’94) bucket list, you’ll […]
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With the new school year breathing down everyone’s neck, many educators face teaching online using software like Zoom, and they’re not happy about it. Perhaps teachers don’t know how to
I work at a public charter school in the Bronx, New York City’s poorest borough. We teach pre-K through 5th Grade, and my primary job is to train and support
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Here I am standing on the stage in the breakfast room at Teachers College Columbia University. Professor Jo Anne Kleifgen, my doctoral dissertation adviser from the 1990s, is reading a
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Here’s why I enjoy working with the students and teachers at my public charter school in the Bronx: The school’s pedagogy, including its unusual materials and techniques, sparks the kids’
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A colleague who works in our kindergarten recently wrote the following about an experience with one child (name changed): Worked with Oliver on beginning sounds of words (something he and a
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As a teacher trainer in a charter school which uses a particular pedagogy, I find my Parkinson’s poker face pays off. Below are two YouTube clips which show what I
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