Teacher-Student Bond Vital to Learning (05/14/2013)
Johnson, a retired superintendent, responds to Rita Pierson’s TED Talk, praising her no-nonsense yet humorous delivery and her focus on the importance of relationships. Johnson remembers his own teachers and encourages readers to do the same. “I believe that if we paid for excellence and then insisted on it, the academic complexion of our schools would change dramatically,” he says. “Championship schools and classrooms are deliberate, not accidental.” Read more…

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