Teach Effectively!

Over on Ms. Frizzle, Ms. Frizzle has an entry about a mandatory in-service session on violence prevention. She expresses surpise at learning that the workshop was not about preventing violence between students, but about preventing violence toward teachers and then goes on to describe the session. The description reminded me of many in-service sessions I’ve seen; they are so often a combination of entertainment and…and…clich´, Banality? Emptiness? Pablum? Mz. Frizzle’s report is a good quick read.