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It's Not Life or Death

I still have easy access to my first memory of deep sea fishing, not because of the fresh salty air or the mist or anything that would resemble an impressionist painting. Etched in my mind is the flapping tail and the blood and the bulging eyes and the Read More...
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2010 06 28

John Spencer

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It's Not About the Real World

Hey, check out my book Teaching Unmasked I'm selling it at-cost or you can download it for free as a PDF. Read More...
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2010 06 20

John Spencer

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choice and creativity

Every so often, we get a forty pound box of peaches or apples or tomatoes from the co-op. On the surface, the food choice seems a bit banal, not unlike a 200 count box of granola bars from Costco. Yet, the lack of choice forces us to be creative. In the Read More...
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2010 06 19

John Spencer

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a letter to those who want to inspire/change my students

Hey Mr. Politician-Man-Motivational-Speaker-Guru-Expert-on-Education When you tell my students there is something beyond this neighborhood, something better, filled with white picket fences and walls that have no graffiti, you are not being inspirational. Read More...
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2010 04 30

John Spencer

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who should we blame?

The politician blames the districts and the principals and the teachers for failing to educate the low-income students. The teachers blame the politicians and the districts for the constant interference. If that doesn't work, they blame one another. Timmy Read More...
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2010 03 22

John Spencer

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measuring the twigs while the tree dies

While sitting in a PLC Audit meeting, a teacher sits their quietly for forty minutes. It's common in a group of mostly white males to unintentionally censor and African-American woman. Call it white noise. Sometimes a screaming injustice just sounds like Read More...
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2010 03 18

John Spencer

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the perils of being a moderate

My left-wing progressive friends feel disenchanted with Obama. The slogans of hope and change have run dry and they're confused by a president who has failed to pass health care reform, continues to pursue war and has bailed-out large corporations rather Read More...
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2010 03 12

John Spencer

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Marzano is a bit like Snape. I can't tell if he's a good guy posing as a Death Eater or a Death Eater pretending to be good. I tend to agree with his conclusions, but his methodology and phrasing makes me sick to my stomach. He's sort-of the opposite Read More...
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2009 10 26

John Spencer

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Marzano is a bit like Snape. I can't tell if he's a good guy posing as a Death Eater or a Death Eater pretending to be good. I tend to agree with his conclusions, but his methodology and phrasing makes me sick to my stomach. He's sort-of the opposite Read More...
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2009 10 26

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Marzano is a bit like Snape. I can't tell if he's a good guy posing as a Death Eater or a Death Eater pretending to be good. I tend to agree with his conclusions, but his methodology and phrasing makes me sick to my stomach. He's sort-of the opposite Read More...
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2009 10 26

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Marzano is a bit like Snape. I can't tell if he's a good guy posing as a Death Eater or a Death Eater pretending to be good. I tend to agree with his conclusions, but his methodology and phrasing makes me sick to my stomach. He's sort-of the opposite Read More...
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2009 10 26

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Marzano is a bit like Snape. I can't tell if he's a good guy posing as a Death Eater or a Death Eater pretending to be good. I tend to agree with his conclusions, but his methodology and phrasing makes me sick to my stomach. He's sort-of the opposite Read More...
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2009 10 26

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Marzano is a bit like Snape. I can't tell if he's a good guy posing as a Death Eater or a Death Eater pretending to be good. I tend to agree with his conclusions, but his methodology and phrasing makes me sick to my stomach. He's sort-of the opposite Read More...
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2009 10 26

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Marzano is a bit like Snape. I can't tell if he's a good guy posing as a Death Eater or a Death Eater pretending to be good. I tend to agree with his conclusions, but his methodology and phrasing makes me sick to my stomach. He's sort-of the opposite Read More...
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2009 10 26

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Marzano is a bit like Snape. I can't tell if he's a good guy posing as a Death Eater or a Death Eater pretending to be good. I tend to agree with his conclusions, but his methodology and phrasing makes me sick to my stomach. He's sort-of the opposite Read More...
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2009 10 26

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