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Top 10: How to Take Control of Your Teaching
Occasionally, I repost this article so that new readers can find it more easily. Based on some very enthusiastic feedback, it has since morphed into a book proposal called The Top Secret New Teachers...
View Article“Hit a Jew” Day. Um, er…
I’m not sure what one can say about this latest story. AP reports that a number of students at a St Louis middle school are facing suspension for a spirit day gone awry. But how “Hug a Friend Day”...
View ArticleUCI Writers Project
“Oh, you must be so excited to summer break.” “Must be nice being a teacher, summer break and all.” Don’t you just hate it when civilians assume that just because your students are at camp, you are...
View ArticleNCLB? How ’bout B-studentsLB
I’ve been reading a lot of headlines lately about NCLB leaving out the over-achievers and potential leaders in our schools. Joanne Jacobs mentions it in her article, “What About the Smart Kids?” and...
View ArticleTeacher Observations: Principals vs. the Union
Teacher Magazine has an article today about Idaho’s progress in developing a standardized teacher evaluation that could be a stepping stone for developing an acceptable pay-for-performance legislature....
View ArticleDon’t Knock the Less Experienced Teacher
Look, we all know the statistics. Many of the hardest-to-teach classes are being taught by the least experienced teachers. According to Education Week, a study was recently conducted in Philadeliphia...
View ArticleCareer Sampling: Dave Saba comment
So, I commented on Dave Saba’s American Board site but I wasn’t sure if it posted so I thought I’d post it here. In response to his article about the number of different jobs the average 18-40 will...
View Article“If a child can’t learn the way we teach…”
“If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn.” - Ignacio Estrada What’s our goal? Everybody say it with me: to teach students. Unfortunately, there are...
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