Differentiation and personalized learning should not be avoided.
What a tangled web we avoid when we try to throw 22 students together in a single classroom with a teacher who plans and designs a comprehension skill lesson for one.  Learning is a non-linear, messy process that has many curves and angles.  All students are unique and have different learnin...

I recently made a presentation about learning, engagement and gamification to educators at the Learning and the Brain Conference in New York City. I asked the audience to name the most common word their students use to describe school. I expected to hear a variety of  responses but everyone said the same word “boring”. 

To make sure everyone agreed wi...