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My Day in Court

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Posted Friday, May 17, 2013 3:50 PM from Steven Turner | 0 Comments

The Ninety Second Evaluation

So an “enlightened” student calls out a “terrible” teacher and the nation takes notice. It doesn’t bother me so much that a “terrible” teacher, teaching by packet may finally be getting his/her comeuppance so much as the belief that a minute and thirty Read More...

Posted Friday, May 10, 2013 3:50 PM from Steven Turner | 4 Comments

6 Smart and the Dumb Things They Say(and why that matters)

The setting was Education Nation 2.0 2011 at Stanford University. Yeah it has been two years, but this still very much applies today. So as we look back, think of today. "Master interviewer and PBS host Charlie Rose and a distinguished panel of luminaries Read More...

Posted Tuesday, May 07, 2013 3:48 PM from Rich Lindsay | 0 Comments

Another Accidental Racist?

"This small black person represents us before we learned all the information about it and the big gold person is how he feels after we've been enriched with all the knowledge." Racist or Innocent? I haven't been able to find a full story about the event Read More...

Posted Wednesday, April 24, 2013 9:35 PM from Steven Turner | 0 Comments

We Want a Window

" We want a window ." I fondly remember this clip from one of my favorite movies, The Right Stuff, from way back in 1983. The scientists and astronauts have the same goal in mind here but the difference in perspective and understanding becomes obvious Read More...

Posted Wednesday, April 17, 2013 10:47 PM from Rich Lindsay | 0 Comments

We've Lost Gerald

We've Lost Gerald. I don't know if he could teach but I suspect he was great. We've countless others like him. I know many in my own building who have left. That is the crisis occurring in education across the nation. Despite what you read and hear much Read More...

Posted Friday, April 12, 2013 7:52 AM from Rich Lindsay | 0 Comments

Cheating, School Choice and Experts

The world is not short on Expert Opinions. This is also true regarding education. People who have "informed" and "expert" opinions about our nations schools are few and far between. ( Present company excluded of course ) "No No...switch that to C as in Read More...

Posted Saturday, April 06, 2013 9:52 AM from Rich Lindsay | 0 Comments

Time

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Posted Friday, March 29, 2013 4:00 PM from Steven Turner | 0 Comments

Preparing for the Future

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Posted Friday, March 22, 2013 1:06 PM from Steven Turner | 0 Comments

Where is the TU?

The Future of Education

Often we are asked "What is it that you think you know about education that I don't?" Usually origitnating with someone confdent they have it figured out, and we at the TU are just self serving teachers unable to see the big picture. Well...all I can Read More...

Posted Tuesday, March 05, 2013 7:08 AM from Rich Lindsay | 0 Comments

What Does it Mean to Put Students First?

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Posted Friday, March 01, 2013 3:45 PM from Steven Turner | 0 Comments

5 Things about the week meaning the World is in Deep Trouble

We had a workday on Monday and although poorly timed it was well needed. I had my daughter with me as did many of my co-workers pressed for childcare and it turned out to be a mildly productive day. During the course of the day the TUs convesration turned Read More...

Posted Tuesday, February 19, 2013 7:00 AM from Rich Lindsay | 0 Comments

"Let Them Play"- Homeschoolers and High School Athletics

I couldn't play In VA. Or the Jets. Tim Tebow's fortunes changed a lot in the past 12 months as he went from Denver Bronco playoff winning QB to New York Jets afterthought. The same cannot be said Virginia Delegate Rob Bell's bill that affects the eligibility Read More...

Posted Friday, February 15, 2013 7:15 AM from Rich Lindsay | 0 Comments

The TU Rebuttal to the POTUS SOTU

Yes, we're teachers, and teachers love acronyms- well, maybe not, but we sure do learn to live with them. So welcome the the 2013 Teaching Underground rebuttal to the President of the United States' State of the Union Address. I'm admittedly cold toward Read More...

Posted Tuesday, February 12, 2013 9:48 PM from Steven Turner | 1 Comments

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