Doug Lemov's field notes

Reflections on teaching, literacy, coaching, and practice.

12.18.14 Great Teaching: DIY Version

When I get asked to speak to audiences about teaching I try to make a couple of points: 1. The challenge is that we don’t have an achievement gap. We have achievement gaps: between children of privilege and the rest of our children, yes, but also between any school and the single best school; between our…