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If the accusations are true, it will simply prove that there is moronic behavior everywhere. What was he thinking? Filed under: Frustration Read More...
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My home state, Washington, was often seen as a progressive and enlightened hotbed of education ideas; however, my state is quickly becoming much like the rest of the education world with pseudo-reformers hijacking the conversation and the direction. Even Read More...
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The Gates Foundation spent three years and $45 million to determine that multiple measures are needed in teacher evaluations–exactly what teachers have been saying for many years more. Really? Looks like another “Duh” study. Filed under: Frustration , Read More...
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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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I hear it often, and you do too. Winter Break (Christmas Break) approaches, and community members begin to envy the two weeks away from school that teachers have and the comments begin. “It must be nice to have two weeks off.” “What will you do with all Read More...
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My complaint of the week is this: I spent two hours preparing my classroom, acquiring supplies, and writing my lesson plans for my time outside of my classroom because of a training required by my district. Then, the district could not find me a substitute, Read More...
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How does a kindergarten class of 40 sound to you? Or a high school class of 60? Well, in Detroit that can happen now. I’ve never met any teacher who said bigger classes will make my job easier or help students learn more. However, I have often heard from Read More...
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How do you get charter schools on the ballot in a state that has previously rejected them three times by popular vote? You buy the signatures to get the initiative on the ballot. Here are the amounts of money given to the charter school movement in Washington 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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My “Tip of the Cap” Award goes to the 500+ parents of Snohomish County in Washington State who opted their kids out of the state test . My “Ignorance Out Loud” Award goes to Mitt Romney whose speech could be summed by saying he blames the teachers’ unions Read More...
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A recent article in The Seattle Times is entitled “What’s the Matter With Teachers Today?” The title is an obvious ploy to gain readership and increase online comments; however, it’s not an accurate title at all. The article itself contains a brief history Read More...
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I posted the following on a message board. What do you think? I don’t understand why people think WA schools are failing. ACT and SAT scores are up (and above the national average) even with ever more students tested each year. We still have kids entering Read More...
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A student was going around asking teachers to raise his grades from last year so he could play a varsity sport. One teacher (a coach) did it. Another (a young, new teacher) did not. To me, this is a clearcut example of cheating, and what message did the Read More...
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With budget cuts to education and social services, schools are struggling across the nation to do more with less. However, the current approach used by the Obama Administration, Arne Duncan, and other so-called reformers is that a good teacher can overcome Read More...
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The only reason anyone listens to Bill Gates when it comes to education is because he has lots and lots of money. Here’s more proof that he’s simply funding his corporate agenda in education–sadly, through unproven methods and un-researched or disproved Read More...
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