Write from the Beginning

Disney & Write From the Beginning…and Beyond

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Misook Kimura

Some participants from my recent Write From the Beginning and Beyond Training of Trainers decided to go to Disneyland California [...]

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Misook Kimura

As game-based learning gains momentum, SimCity and Minecraft are just a couple games out there that teachers are using as [...]

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Thinking Maps

One thing never gets old at Thinking Maps – getting mail from educators who experience a Thinking Maps epiphany. Read [...]

Posted on February 21, 2013 by James Dean

Patriot Elementary School from Lee County Public Schools in Cape Coral, FL was featured last week in a local news [...]

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Sarah McNeil

“Write From the Beginning is a college course in writing in seven days.” Those were some of the first words [...]

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Thinking Maps

“Turning around a struggling school takes more than just programs implemented on campus, according to the Turning Around Low-Performing Schools [...]

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Misook Kimura

How would you like almost all of your students to pass the state writing test? There is a school in [...]

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Kevin Dougherty

Over the past several months I have traveled across the country visiting with educators during Thinking Maps trainings. Although each [...]

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Sarah McNeil

Did you know that Congress passed an Act entitled The Plain Writing Act of 2010? All government agencies that release [...]

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Chris Yeager

The authors of Pathways to the Common Core make several recommendations for schools as they approach the rigorous literacy requirements [...]