Doug Lemov's field notes

Reflections on teaching, literacy, coaching, and practice.

11.17.21 Charlie Friedman on Leading During a Difficult Time

Over the past month, we’ve been sharing resources that we hope have provided teachers and leaders with support in tackling many of the challenges of schooling right now. We’ve also been doing some learning ourselves, reaching out to partners in the field to understand how they’ve been approaching this unique time. We’re grateful to Charlie Friedman,…


09.10.13 A Few Minutes with Kathleen Porter-Magee

The premise of Teach Like a Champion you could argue is: When in a pickle, ask a great teacher.  All of the useful ideas in it, I borrowed from people who are smarter than me.  I’m not really a huge policy guy but really it’s hard to ignore policy when you’re in education. It’s everywhere.  So…