• Pin Dancing: The answer to "Will you mentor me?" is no
  instead of emailing famous people your random questions, show them some proof of concept and what you've tried already, they'll be much more willing to help out
• Students Know Good Teaching When They Get It, Survey Finds - NYTimes.com
  Classrooms where a majority of students said they agreed with the statement, “Our class stays busy and doesn’t waste time,” tended to be led by teachers with high value-added scores, the report said. The same was true for teachers whose students agreed with the statements, “In this class, we learn to correct our mistakes,” and, “My teacher has several good ways to explain each topic that we cover in this class.”

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