Finding a Professional Family

Finding a Professional Family

From the moment I met Emmy Negrin during dinner at Big Ideas Fest 2011, I knew that I liked her. We hit it off quickly, sharing interests in LGBTQ issues, backgrounds in international education, and enthusiasm for our Action Collab groups.  I learned she had...
Seeding Special Education

Seeding Special Education

A special ed teacher who practices inclusion is like an aerial trapeze artist, swinging from bars to balance beam with a grace that defies the conventions of gravity. For 30 years, my youngest sister, Evelyn Margolin, has been bouncing from class to class, working...

Call and Response – The Sound of Collaboration

 In music, call and response is a technique where one musician offers a phrase and a second player answers with a direct commentary or response to the offered phrase. The musicians build on each other’s offering and work together to move the song along and create...
Words of Wisdom from an OER Fellow

Words of Wisdom from an OER Fellow

Applications are now being accepted for ISKME’s 2012-2013 OER Fellowship Program Applications are now being accepted for ISKME’s 2012-2013 OER Fellowship ProgramNext month we’ll embark on our fourth year of the OER Fellowship Program. Each fall we accept up...
Educators Flex for Effectiveness

Educators Flex for Effectiveness

It is a new school year and I still find myself instinctively gearing up for the pace and rigor of starting a new year. Until a few years ago, my work was in California public schools, coordinating state-level student assessments, managing textbook adoptions and...