teaching – Page 2 – Barbara Ganias Comstock

Where there’s a will . . .

I was so excited when I got tickets to BEAUTIFUL in SF. And then this happened: 6:45 PM Friday night — My daughter and I were just about to watch a movie after eating take-out. It was a long week getting my classroom ready so I was looking forward to time with my rising college…

How to Promote a Growth Mindset, One Mistake After Another

The article in New York Magazine (http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/06/how-kids-get-failure-mindsets.html) on the latest research about what parents do when they operate from a “growth mindset” regarding their children’s learning – and what messages kids get about their abilities — struck a chord and a nerve with me. As a teacher, I expect all my kids to learn from…

Standardized Tests Indicate We Need Time to Reflect and Collaborate on Best Practices

I wrote this several years ago now, when I had tried a blog but wasn’t really sure what I always wanted to say. The blog withered and I moved on. But I just re-read this and I am startled by how much things change and, how often, they remain the same. The daughter I spoke…