“Working in Adult Literacy” will shut down sometime in the next few months. So now is the time to download … Continue reading
Looking for a way to teach writing that never fails? Come to the free LINCS event on the Never Fail Writing Writing Method! Learn how adult education legend Kate Nonesuch teaches appreciative writing feedback to her students, who in turn learn to give positive feedback to others. December 6 at Noon ET Continue reading
A surprise envelope reaveals what kids think about Times Tables Make Sense! Continue reading
“We have to have curiosity, or we are lost – lost in judgment of ourselves or others, entangled in shame or blame.” Jenny Horsman Continue reading
Resistance is what you get when you introduce a new learning strategy to adult basic education students. You have to overcome that resistance or it will kill your chances of success. Continue reading
How to mark so students want to write more, do more math, attack new problems? Marking for confidence is my strategy. Continue reading
Getting learners on the teaching team is my first order of business at the beginning of a new class. I like to put them on notice that my class is a little different, that I ask for unexpected things from students, that I expect them to participate in shaping the class. Continue reading
However hard people’s lives are, you don’t make them easier by ignoring them or leaving their stories out. Reading material that never reflects students’ own situations perpetrates a lie. Continue reading
Here’s a recent trigger warning from my personal life, that’s relevant to the discussion of trigger warnings in the classroom. Continue reading
Did I think everyone would be comfortable talking about menstruation in an ABE class? Or did I bury any misgivings because I wanted to right an imbalance my feminist soul had noticed and railed against? Continue reading
Register for the launch of the Never-Fail Writing Method! June 4, on Zoom. Continue reading
