Blogs and Articles

Teaching and Learning

5 Habits of Innovative Educators - Courtney O'Connell (Huffington Post)
7 Ideas for going digital without devices - Jenny Magiera (Education Week Teacher)
Secret Teacher: why our working hours just don't add up - Guardian Teacher Network
Struggle Means Learning: Difference in Eastern and Western Cultures - Alix Spiegel (Mindshift)
Teachers' Expectations Can Influence How Students Perform - How changing minds (expectations) can be achieved far more effectively through changing behaviours.

Professional Development

Teachers as researchers: the ultimate form of professional development- Tom Sherrington (The Guardian)
Leading CPD effectively - Teacher Development Trust
The Myth of the 10,000 Hours Rule is why we need Coaches - Elena Aguilar (Education Week)
Why coaching works – Shaun Allison
Walk On Through - Rachel Stevens
Using Lesson Studies to spot RHINOS - Rachel Stevens
Love the Ones You're With -Rachel Stevens
Teachers Observing Teachers: a professional development tool for every school  (Education World)
Teachers Observing Teachers: spark discussion, new ideas (Education World)
7 policy shifts that improve professional learning - Education Week: Learning Forward's PD watch
The PLC Start-Up: Lessons from the Trenches - Educational Leadership (2014, 9:16)
Using Teacher Feedback Surveys to Tailor PD - Educational Leadership (2014
Teach the Teachers Well - Suzanne Bouffard, NY Times.
Keep professional learning groups small but connected - Educational Leadership, 2014 (71: 8, pp.80-82)
Rethinking Classroom Observation - Educational Leadership 71:8 pp.24-9

Leadership

Building Positive School Culture -Responsive Classroom
Marzano's 21 Responsibilities of the School Leader - EdLead Blog
5 Ways To Build a Culture of Collaboration with Staff, Teachers and Parents - Sharon D. Kruse on AASA
10 Roles for Teacher Leaders - Educational Leadership (65:1 pp. 74-77)
The two purposes of teacher evaluation - Educational Leadership (70:3 pp.14-19)

Formative assessment and Differentiation

Every Day in Every Classroom - ASCD: Laura Greenstein
Strategies for Reflective Assessment - ASCD: John Bond
The Why, What and When of Assessment - ASCD: Carol Ann Tomlinson and Tonya Moon

English as an Additional Language

Reach ELLs: 9 best practices that really work - ASCD in Service
Supporting ELLs - a collection of thoughts, advice, resources and ideas - Larry Farlazzo (Education Week) and Part 2

Policy news

How the World's most improved school systems keep getting better
 - Mona Mourshed, Chinezi Chiijoke, Michael BarberHattie, J., 1999. 
What we can learn from the success of Shanghai's Schools - Nick Morrison (Forbes)
Are you ready for life after levels? - Headteacher UpdateSir Ken Robinson: Reclaiming the Elemental Purpose of Education - Whole Child Blog: ASCD

My Class Page

Books

I've been reading

Authors and Thinkers I Follow

Michael Fullan
Andy Hargreaves
Carol Dweck
Robert Kegan
Robert Marzano
Bill Powell and Ochan Kusuma-Powell
Alma Harris
DuFour and DuFour
Daniel Willingham
John Hattie
Dylan Wiliam
Christopher Day
Linda Darling-Hammond
Ann Lieberman
Clive Dimmock
John Macbeath
Mary James
Pasi Sahlberg
Carol Ann Tomlinson
Ben Levin
Doug Lemov
Peter Senge

Parents and Education

5 things teachers wish parents knew - NY Times

Blogs I follow regularly

What Ed Said
Time Space Education
Pragmatic Education
Ed-U-Like
@TeacherToolkit
The Art of Coaching Teachers
Learning Forward's PD watch
The Principal of Change