Mary Williams

As educational leaders, when we are reflecting upon curriculum and instruction, it is imperative we consider work done by experts and researchers in our field.  When it comes to literacy instruction, Ohio districts refer to the “Changing Emphasis of the Subskills of the Five Components of Reading” (pictured below) in order to more effectively evaluate … Read more

A coworker and friend of mine was recently delivering professional development and she used a word I have never heard before in my life – ameliorate. I quickly googled what the word meant – “to make something bad or unsatisfactory better”. So why didn’t she just say “improve”? Who knows? But as I googled the … Read more

I recently heard a song by Coldplay called “Everyday Life“, and these lyrics struck a chord with me:  “What in the world are we going to do?  Look at what everybody’s going through.  What kind of world do you want it to be?  Am I the future or the history?”  The video premiered on December … Read more