A number of really nice posts just went up under my intro to the site.

I'm struck by the inquiring minds shown in these posts. I do wonder, increasingly, about the centrality of inquiry to successful teaching in diverse contexts, an idea shared by many (e.g., Marilyn Cochran-Smith's/Lytle's Inquiry as Stance, a book I look forward to reading.) PD can engage teachers informally as inquirers, relying on their own "genuine" interest; we can also scaffold that inquiry by offering tools for it, like the EAR essays; we can also urge people to head out and inquire, using research methods and basic fieldwork techniques; Sonia Nieto helps teachers learn via case study. I'm working on a system that would support teacher-student inquiry via the internet and cell phones! (more on that soon.) All versions of INQUIRING into one's work, one's students' lives, and one's school community. Can teachers teach well WITHOUT such inquiry? I wonder.