The classroom: A canvas for thought - Not a work of art

Not all primary school teachers think like me. I am very lucky to have fellow teacher friends and colleagues to share some very different perspectives that are out there. Primary teacher and instructional  coach Leah Myers, and one of my talented PhD Students, primary teacher Helen Hughes have both helped me to understand something important. The typical primary school teacher thinks about their classrooms as a work of art. Making rooms ‘pretty’ seems to be a very high priority for many educator...