Todd Stanley

Stop Putting Students in Grades by Age

For better or worse, in the United States and most countries for that matter, when students turn a certain age,…

3 years ago

It’s Tough to Be a Teacher in Today’s Political Climate

I am in my 25th year in education, and I can say, without any compunction, that it is more difficult…

3 years ago

The Reason Why Teachers Don’t Do Innovative Teaching Methods

Why don’t teachers use innovative teaching methods? I listened to a recent podcast with educational thought-leader Tony Wagner. He talked…

4 years ago

Teaching Pedagogy Reflected in a Game of Kickball

After three grueling days it had come down to this- a unique teaching pedagogy I noticed in a game of…

4 years ago

Test What Matters

How can we make assessment for success the standard? My family and I sat down to play a trivia game…

4 years ago

The Challenge of Identifying Gifted Children from Poverty

There is a big ol’ elephant in the room in education, one that is so painfully obvious it nearly takes…

4 years ago

Eliminate Lost Potential by Teaching Motivation

What is motivation? What goes into teaching motivation? We believe that motivation is an internal construct…thereby, it is the creation…

4 years ago

Putting My Money Where My Mouth Is

For years I have been telling teachers and writing books espousing the idea that if you make your learning engaging…

4 years ago

Test Prep for Cognitive Testing – It’s a Myth

As a gifted coordinator, I get this phone call all of the time and it proves the myth of test…

5 years ago

There Needs to Be a National Definition for Gifted

Gifted finds itself in a precarious situation that I am always reminded of when working with districts that are out…

5 years ago