Avenue4Learning

I’ve been thinking a lot since the Amy Chua, aka Tiger Mom, posts and  reaction articles exploded last week, including Michelle Rhee’s own response. Mostly, I’ve been trying to wrap my brain around what people consider necessary skills or necessary knowledge versus sheer talent. So, what exactly do we expect kids to know and be [...]

As a teacher and parent, I’m constantly reminded that children learn at different rates. Sometimes, it’s an issue of what is developmentally appropriate and, other times, it’s about their readiness. For some kids, there are occasions when they simply are not ready to learn something new. It might be due to some current event in [...]