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What I’ve learned after being diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 45
This is a follow up to an article I wrote for Choice Literacy. I highly recommend signing up for a subscription to access all the smart thinking and writing from literacy teachers and leaders. I also appreciated Ruth Ayres’s thoughtful lead essay that builds off of the piece.
Earlier this year, my parents dropped off a box of artifacts from my childhood.
It was your typical collection: certifica
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| The author, an English professor at the University of Maine (and Stephen King's alma mater), is given one year's access to the famous author's archives. Bicks pours over first drafts of his most well-known books, including Carrie and The Shining, and ...more | |
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“We have new roles as coaches and mentors, now that the job of learning is in the hands and minds of the learners.”
― Digital Student Portfolios: A Whole School Approach to Connected Learning and Continuous Assessment
― Digital Student Portfolios: A Whole School Approach to Connected Learning and Continuous Assessment
“But it is not just about how well collaboration is occurring in our school. Also important is the fact that we are all trying to get better at our practice.”
― Digital Student Portfolios: A Whole School Approach to Connected Learning and Continuous Assessment
― Digital Student Portfolios: A Whole School Approach to Connected Learning and Continuous Assessment
“In a world of change, the learners shall inherit the earth, while the learned shall find themselves perfectly suited for a world that no longer exists.”
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“Don't raise your voice, improve your argument."
[Address at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton, Johannesburg, South Africa, 23 November 2004]”
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“Autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats.”
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“The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.”
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~ 2026 Reading Challenge ~ 52 books for 52 weeks. Each week, members read the book of their choice for that week's challenge requirement. ▶︎ CURREN ...more