by Pam Oken-Wright | Oct 31, 2017 | Teacher Research
I’ve been thinking lately about the right of children to “try.” So much of data-driven, test-apprehensive pedagogy has set the shared value at the right answer. Failure is to be avoided at all costs. If they can’t pass the standardized test,...
by Pam Oken-Wright | Sep 27, 2016 | Classroom Design, Teacher Research
Of all the “one hundred languages of children,” drawing is among both the most accessible and, for some children, the most powerful. I have known many verbally gifted five-year-olds, and none of them could do justice to her biggest ideas through words. Drawing,...