Doctor PaideiaTeaching For MasteryIf you haven’t mastered the basics, you cannot master more advanced levels. If you take martial arts, play a sport, or take music lessons…Nov 7, 2018Nov 7, 2018
Doctor PaideiaTeachers Pay to Do Their JobsIf you work at McDonald’s, do you have to bring a bag of buns each shift to ensure you can do your job?Oct 29, 2018Oct 29, 2018
Doctor PaideiaPay Students to LearnI cannot tell you how many times I have heard that students need to be “self-motivated” to learn, to behave, to be quiet, etc. Many…Oct 20, 2018Oct 20, 2018
Doctor PaideiaShouldn’t Education Specialists Be Experts?It is not uncommon for schools to have a variety of specialists whose job it is to support teachers. In elementary schools there are math…Oct 17, 2018Oct 17, 2018
Doctor PaideiaA Golden Age of Public Education?You often hear about “the good old days,” and education is no different. You even hear it from people who you wouldn’t expect to ever like…Oct 12, 20182Oct 12, 20182
Doctor PaideiaWhen Student Assessment Means You Can’t TeachIn elementary school, students are assessed constantly. Each day, for each subject, they are given things called “exit tickets,” which is…Oct 6, 2018Oct 6, 2018
Doctor PaideiaTeacher PayIf you really want to outrage an administrator, ask for a raise.Oct 4, 2018Oct 4, 2018
Doctor PaideiaMisusing Bloom’s TaxonomyOne thing I have learned about our public schooling system is that administrators absolutely love fads. Sometimes they stumble upon a good…Sep 27, 201814Sep 27, 201814
Doctor PaideiaConfessions of a Public School TeacherIf one could give a title to all of the Medium articles one intends to write, that would be my title.Sep 26, 20181Sep 26, 20181
