I’ll never forget one day when I was an eighth grader in junior high school and walking down the hallway with one of my best friends, Michael. I was a pretty good student from a behavioral standpoint (for the most part) and the staff liked and trusted me. However, my friend, Michael, was seen as a behavioral issue and was scowled at often by teachers and administrators. Michael was not a bad kid by any stretch of the imagination, but he would often ask a lot of questions wh

There is definitely no shortage of initiatives or focus areas within education; researchers, authors, administrators, teachers, and anyone connected to schools are continually developing new strategies, frameworks, and instructional systems designed to meet the needs of all students. I have seen a number of changes and program developments in my fourteen years as an educator; some of these changes have been outstanding and truly transformed the way that we teach and learn whi