Why Teacher Induction Matters

Several years ago, I built a teacher induction program, and that experience taught me as much about what not to do as it did about what was possible. 

Staying Without Judgment

Steady insistence on listening can reveal that when a classroom becomes a place of safety rather than judgment, honest struggle can surface and real learning can begin.

The Book That Found Its Way Back

Years earlier, I had given that book to a student. She was quiet, reserved, careful with her words. In our English class, she rarely spoke. Then Robert Frost lit something in her.