High Expectations

An essential component of success in the urban classroom is the ability of the teacher to embrace a high expectations philosophy for teaching. High Expectations respects the ability of the learner. Reaching for high expectations does not negate the responsibility of the teacher to make that which is difficult appear to be easy. A key is to move academically through a series of smaller steps that support the learning process. Can we agree that rigor for the sake of rigor is meaningless?