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As I watch my grandsons play baseball, I hear parents and coaches yell, "Baseball ready!" to the players. This might be an old expression, but I don't remember hearing it before. Some of the boys really respond and jump into their
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I recently laughed when the father of a first grader remarked that it would be wonderful to be a kid today. We were at his son's bouncy house birthday party. The kids were running from room to room and had all of the energy in the world.
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I have recently heard parents openly talking about teachers and why or why not they don't want their children in a particular teacher's room next year. They freely discuss teachers while going about their own daily lives like it's the same
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I will probably not be able to move tomorrow. Today I went to the gym and tried both hands at boxing. Believe me, it's much harder than it looks. My dad used to spend Friday nights in front of the television watching boxing. He
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Take time for yourself and your family. Looking back over the years, I have no regrets about choosing to become a teacher. There were some unbelievable moments. What I do regret are the times I let my job take over my life and failed
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Summers go by fast, and before you know it, school is back in session. It's easy for students to forget some of those reading skills during those "lazy, hazy, crazy" days of summer, and a lot of parents are looking for summer reading ideas.
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Teachers are people too and have feelings just like everybody else. They are also role models and need to show their students that they handle personal problems in mature ways. A post I read on The Education Wonks is a reminder that it is important to
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Students today don't face the same consequences for misbehaving or not doing their work that their parents and grandparents faced. One thing that really stands out to me is that a lot of parents are more likely to support their kids than the school. It
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DISD has been rating teachers with something called a CEI (Classroom Effectiveness Index) for a decade and are thinking about using this index to determine how to distribute $22 million worth of employee bonus money. How original. There are a lot of people
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I once had my hand slapped during a computer inservice. The instructor was clearly irritated that I wasn't catching on fast enough and stopped me from pushing any more keys. I was so embarrassed. It always seemed strange to me that teachers are expected
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For some strange reason, I am always cynical about surveys. It seems like people spout off information, and use it to support their own causes. What really happens with the accumulated data anyway? For a few years we were able to evaluate our schools
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Or is it? Does anyone know why apples are associated with teachers? At least we're not connected to the donut. Can you imagine what our teacher vests and sweaters would look like? What if the banana had been the chosen fruit? What if kids brought cauliflower
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Teachers who leave the profession might be more frustrated with their principals than their students or working conditions. This does not surprise me. One year our school was blessed to have a supportive principal who just brightened everyone's day. She
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Seniors in McKinney ISD are having to attend school for one day after graduation because of an icy day in January. The make up day is May 29th, and the graduations are scheduled before Memorial Day, which is on May 28th. (This reminds me of school calendar
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Teachers are known for putting things off until the summer. Occasionally, opportunities come up during the school year, and teachers find themselves asking for time away from their students. A principal in Sugarland has been demoted for allowing one of
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