Autonomy for our Students

Autonomy is the ability to be self-governing, to have independence and the ability to make your own decisions.  A few weeks back, I wrote a post called Happy Teachers, Happy Kids.  In it, I made the case that when we have happy teachers, we can have happy students and...

Reward Not!

I’ve been reading Drive by Daniel Pink and it is amazing.  (I’ll be posting more about this book later this week.)  At the same time, I’m receiving a variety of catalogs in the mail in anticipation for back to school.  On the one hand I am learning...

Happy Teachers, Happy Kids

The title says it all here.  The question then becomes, “How do you make teachers happy?” Happy Teachers are Driven Teachers I would like to take some time to refer to Daniel Pink, a motivational speaker in the business world.  He is an author, consultant...