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Can learning be measured?

06 September 07 04:49 PM | jtspencer | 4 Comments   

Sitting in a staff meeting, I pull out the agenda and begin drawing cartoons. Instead of reading PowerPoint presentations, we work collaboratively (read "group think") on a school wide mission statement. "Make sure it is attainable, measurable and . . Read More...

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Why I Won't Shut Up and Teach

19 July 07 04:12 PM | jtspencer | 5 Comments   

After reading a recent blog, suggesting that teachers should self-censor and stay politically inactive, I feel compelled to write this blog. Telling teachers to shut up and focus on their classrooms is like telling Martin Luther King Jr to shut up and Read More...

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urban / low-SES