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Well, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are here, and my district (and a few department members) see it as the panacea for this generation of students. While I don’t have anywhere near that sort of faith in the new standards, I do like the professional Read More...
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My school district has told the high school English Department to create an assessment system like CollegeBoard’s SpringBoard program or else it gets the SpringBoard program. My department’s resistance to the SpringBoard program is, in part, as follows: Read More...
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One article in the L.A. Times compares the “blame the teacher” movement currently popular in the U.S. with the “blame the worker” movement that failed in the 70s and 80s. A great section has this: Recall the reaction of domestic manufacturers in the 1970s Read More...
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I may have created a monster…well, maybe 95 of them. I gave my students the assignment of choosing a school issue and then use the rhetorical triangle to organize their ideas. They loved it! Now they want to flood the administration with their proposals, Read More...
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Well, a school district has decided to strike . Sigh. Right or wrong, legitimate concerns or not, I don’t foresee a groundswell of public sympathy. It could be ugly. Filed under: Administration , Union Read More...
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Recently, Secretary of Education Duncan continued his push for the Obama Administration’s education policies as he provided an escape from the faulty and unrealistic mandates of the No Child Left Behind law. However, instead of simply admitting that NCLB Read More...
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I mentioned in a recent post how Teach for America doesn’t get it. Neither does Liv Finne of The Seattle Times and the ST editorial board. (Ms. Finne speaks specifically to commenters in the comments section.) Filed under: Administration , Frustration Read More...
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I suppose Teach for America had to respond, had to try and make itself look defensible, but TfA got it wrong. In a response to the NEA denouncing some of its practices, the group stated: “we do not and would not engage in union busting or silencing activities.” Read More...
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Rob McKenna (R) and Jay Inslee (D) are running for Washington State’s governorship, and both will want the WEA and NEA union endorsements, but who is the true friend of education in Washington State? This Publicola article shows what we know so far, but Read More...
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We just finished our final exams this week and are ready for the summer. But, of course, a bit of finals week reflection is in order each year, and this year is no exception. I use these tests as a way to ensure that students can’t forget the material Read More...
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This principal had over 500 people attend a school board meeting to protest his termination resignation. How many people in your building could garner that type of support? Filed under: Administration , PR Read More...
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John Kuhn, a Superintendent in Texas, wrote what has become known as the Alamo Letter . It’s great, but even better is his Q & A here . I wish he was my education leader. Filed under: Administration , Lessons , Money , Testing Read More...
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Previously I had posted about how education may be suffering from the loss of a generation of teachers. With few people retiring and no positions to hire, education could be losing a myriad of teachers to other professions. After all, if teaching isn’t Read More...
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Washington State, like many other states, is hurting financially. No one questions this; however, the recovery methods and suggestions do cause me to pause and worry about the state’s and nation’s education futures. One column’s composer basically says Read More...
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For those of you teaching Antigone by Sophocles this year, this article could be a valuable one for showing the students how art is more true to life (than reality TV even!). Apparently, students at Jamaica High School in New York City adapted Antigone Read More...
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