Doug Lemov's field notes

Reflections on teaching, literacy, coaching, and practice.

10.19.16 The Secret Power of Gratitude–The Michaela Files, Part 2

Michaela was an orderly place- strikingly orderly, even by my standards and that’s probably saying something. But it was also a happy place, to a degree that was a tiny bit surprising even to someone like me who came in believing that students are happier in an orderly school.  Smiles were everywhere. Could have been the…