Stephenlazar - blog.stephenlazar.com - Comments on:
General Information:
Latest News:
Teaching the March on Washington for JOBS and Freedom 25 Aug 2013 | 05:17 pm
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. Over the past year, I had the great pleasure of being part of a group of teachers put together by the Shanker Institute who met with p...
A few recent pieces of writing 24 Jul 2013 | 06:16 pm
Two pieces I wrote were recently published. One – What Works: Collaboration, humility and audacity - sums up the first year at Harvest Collegiate: Over the past year, I have had the honor, privileg...
Lessons Learned: How to argue (productively) with your students 9 Jun 2013 | 04:29 pm
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards recently started a podcast series featuring advice from board certified teachers. I am very proud to be the first featured teacher. You can lis...
National Social Study Framework; Teacher Prep; Using Data to Support Teachers 18 May 2013 | 05:05 pm
I’m catching up on sharing a few things I’ve helped produce recently: First, I wrote a piece for the Shanker Blog this week: Proposed National Civics Framework Shows Great Promise. Please take the t...
Video: Teacher Leadership Speech from AERA 2013 3 May 2013 | 06:50 am
I had the pleasure of being part of panel on Teacher Leadership at the AERA conference in San Francisco last weekend. I presented on a paper I wrote, “Creating Capacity & Space for Teacher Leadership...
Common Core standards don’t prevent creativity 14 Apr 2013 | 06:08 pm
Earlier this week, I posted a piece about my English class that showed “how great classes that focus on students as people can also serve the demands of the Common Core.” Grant Wiggins made the same ...
Facing History Features My Class 9 Apr 2013 | 03:29 am
Facing History and Ourselves – probably my favorite PD organization – did a nice little piece on the English class I’m teaching on their website today: The course started with a six-week unit called ...
My School is Hiring! 28 Mar 2013 | 04:27 pm
Harvest Collegiate High School, which opened with its first class of 9th graders in September 2012, is a small public high school near Union Square in Manhattan. We invite you to apply to join our fou...
Insightful Social Studies Gaining Momentum 23 Mar 2013 | 09:08 pm
Lots of good things are happening with Insightful Social Studies, and our effort to ensure New York students have the Social Studies curriculum they deserve. I wrote a piece earlier this week for the...
Gotham Schools Covers Insightful Social Studies 8 Mar 2013 | 07:32 am
City teachers are waging a campaign against the state’s proposed high school social studies standards, before a Friday deadline to give feedback. On Tuesday, Harvest Collegiate High School history te...
