Doug Lemov’s ‘Teach Like a Champion’ provides techniques that can help media teachers improve their effectiveness
by Julie Dodd JEA Mentoring Committee co-chair Having a break from grading papers, I had time to read Doug Lemov’s “Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques That Put Students on the Path to College.” The book is targeted for teachers working with students who typically wouldn’t be planning to attend college (i.e., students in urban...
Doug Lemov’s Build a Better Teacher helps promote conversation about what can be done to help make teachers more effective
by Nick Ferentinos JEA Mentoring Committee This story from The New York Times Sunday Magazine (March 7), Building a Better Teacher, is worth a read. Written by Elizabeth Green, an education reporter and editor of gothamschools.org, she is the Spencer Fellow at the Columbia University Graduate School. The article looks at the efforts of one...