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Pamela Snow

The Snow Report

July 13, 2025 by megankruse

If you haven’t read Pamela Snow’s, The Snow Report, be sure to do so.  Pamela Snow, who hails from Australia, is a professor of cognitive psychology at La Trobe University.  She posts somewhat irregularly and when she does so, she very regularly gives her readers MUCH to think about.  She is much smarter than I, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Research, Student learning and the profession, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: Australia, Ben Steffensmeier, Bloomington, cognitive load theory, education, Elton Kruse, evidence, explicit instruction, Jenny Steffensmeier, Katie Dailey, La Trobe University, Madelyn Swigart, medical profession, Normal, Pamela Snow, Rachel Steffensmeier, Ross Haeger, Steffensmeier Welding, Subtle Impacts, The Constitution Trail, The Snow Report, weights

Lead From Where You Are

March 23, 2025 by megankruse

This post was started just over two weeks ago.  The flu bug hit, so I was down and out for awhile.  As I write today, I am enjoying the end of a week-long spring break, wishing I had my full pre-flu energy back, still unsure about the situation I wrote about below, and hoping for … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assessments and data, Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Outreach and collaboration with families and community, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Research, Student learning and the profession, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: Angie Hanlin, edWeb, Emily Hanford, Empower Podcast, Harnessing the Science of Learning, John Maxwell, Kristen Wynn, Kymyona Burk, Louisiana, Margaret Goldberg, Mississippi, MTSS, Nathaniel Swain, NPR, Pamela Snow, Pati Montgomery, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Reading Rockets, Sold a Story, Stephanie Stollar, Steubenville Ohio, Success for All, The Reading League

It Takes a Village

April 18, 2023 by megankruse

The African proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child,” rings true each and every day.  In fact, I would add, it takes a village to accomplish many, many tasks of worth. There are times when a crazy thought crosses my mind:  “Maybe I should teach preschool, kindergarten or first grade.”  This is a … [Read more…]

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