Master Teacher Passes Away

I was very sad to see that a teacher that amazed me and was praised by the KIPP co-founders passed away last week.  She was known as a "rock star teacher."  I've shown video clips of her in many of my college courses.  She used rhythm, chant and rap to help teach math concepts.  I never got around to buying her CD, but I think I might.   Here is a link to an article about her.

http://www.good.is/post/harriet-ball-master-educator-and-kipp-inspiration-has-died/

Here's a link to a video of her teaching:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/04/harriett-ball-texas-teach_n_748446.html

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2001/01/17/18ball.h20.html