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Authentic Education Team

How high should we set the bar? How good is good enough – especially in a […]
When Stanford Professor Lee Shulman was first enmeshed in the research that led to Board certification […]
I awoke this morning to find that I have 10,005 followers on Twitter. In the grand […]
NOTE: The current version is edited from the original. I realized the need to clarify a […]
One of my favorite stories concerns the legendary basketball coach John Wooden. He always gave himself […]
Cheating or not? As the school year ends and many of you have student papers due, […]
I have been thinking a lot lately about the challenge we face as educators when well-intentioned […]
“I didn’t know they could think!” an excited high school principal blurted out. The principal was […]
What is close reading? As I said in my previous blog post, whatever it is, it […]
Readers of the blog no doubt know that the title of this post refers to the […]