Overheard in a Shared Inquiry discussion: “You can’t say that! There’s no evidence in the story that proves that!”

Jean Overbroechling, a former middle-school gifted teacher from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, talks about Shared Inquiry™ discussions in her classroom.

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Reflections of a Great Books Road Warrior

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”― Marcel Proust

Summer 2016 marks my twentieth year as a Great Books professional learning consultant. During my second ...

Talk About It! Helping Students Think and Write about Nonfiction Texts

When your students read informational texts, do they have trouble forming clear arguments or opinions about what they read? Does their writing seem mechanical?

If you answered yes, consider making time for students to discuss ...

How Does an Idea Become a Best Practice?

by Judith Donroe, Reading Consultant/Teacher, Hamden Middle School

Common Core has opened a path to thinking and learning that calls for change in the way teachers teach. But how does a teacher change her practice ...

Why Ask Why?

Given the current state of our political environment, I have been recalling the story “The Emperor’s New Clothes” quite frequently. The tale of two weavers who dupe the king into believing he has a new suit of clothes that are ...