I am always happy when I open my inbox and find an email from info@thedailycafe.com. Sisters Gail Boushey and Joan Moser, authors of The Daily Five, http://www.thedailycafe.com/ send a free weekly newsletter with valuable tips and thought-provoking articles. A recent issue caught my eye because it got me thinking about how we make changes in schools. So many of us hold strong beliefs about teaching and learning, and sometimes that makes us reluctant to try new practices because they may not resonate with our beliefs. I am sure you have heard this refrain or something like it “Kids have been learning to read using this workbook for 20 years. Why should we do something different?” Even though change is difficult, we know we have to do something different because we have an explosion of new information about … Read entire article »