Doug Lemov's field notes

Reflections on teaching, literacy, coaching, and practice.

05.01.22 How “Wonder Springs From Knowledge”

  Yesterday: a profoundly misguided article in the Guardian claiming that schools should stop weighing kids down with knowledge and set them free in a world of problem solving. Misguided because you can’t think critically about things you don’t have knowledge about–which almost proves the point. You write misguided articles about learning when you don’t know…


11.15.19 Christine Torres Crushes the ‘Habits of Discussion’

Every time I watch Christine Torres teach I am inspired. Christine is the Middle School Academic Dean at Springfield Prep in Springfield, MA and a fifth grade teacher there. She is a teacher of truly epic skill and spirit. To prove it I am going to show you six minutes from her classroom in which she…