Great article

http://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/5543

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Tosha Caston-Smith

Hoover City Schools Teacher of the Year 2014-15 

Spain Park High School Teacher of the Year 2014-15

See my Site and Blogs at http://bit.ly/sphstcs

How Teachers Will Start the Learning Revolution | EdSurge News

How Teachers Will Start the Learning Revolution | EdSurge News


https://www.edsurge.com/news/2015-09-05-how-teachers-will-start-the-learning-revolution

Have you been to NYC? Either way, bonus points

Read this, and respond to the ideas presented in the article.
Succinct, purposeful, eloquent and thought-provoking will earn you
bonus points in your weakest area.

Writing Is Still How We Communicate

Excellent reminders of purpose -

Writing Is Still How We Communicate


http://www.teachthought.com/literacy-2/writing-can-save-21st-century-learning-from-itself/

Learning from their own mistakes

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/08/28/434350484/how-schools-are-handling-an-overparenting-crisis?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20150828

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Tosha Caston-Smith

Hoover City Schools Teacher of the Year 2015-16 

Spain Park High School Teacher of the Year 2015-16

See my Site and Blogs at http://bit.ly/sphstcs

4 Crucial Lessons New Teachers Never Learned

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8th to 9th grade transition and teaching high school skills

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/07/08/from-eighth-to-ninth-grade-programs-that-support-a-critical-transition/