...to GLBTQII teachings in the classroom.  Can students handle it?  Can parents?  What about teachers? Should students be taught from early on, or does this subject take a certain level of maturity? How would one approach such a subject/lesson?  Has anyone taught gender issues in their classroom before, are ...

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So I wrote Shut Up And Teach! yesterday and have gotten mixed reactions from it. Some have argued that my points were good while others have complained that I am advocating tying the hands and muzzling educators to prevent them from fighting for social justice. People have even gone so far as to write articles [...]

Teacher evaluations could be positive and helpful.  Unfortunately, there are a lot of principals that choose their favorites early on and give other teachers a tough time.  I had one principal who only considered a lesson to be outstanding if all bells and whistles went off continuously throughout the entire lesson.  Teachers became ...

If there’s one thing teachers seem to like complaining about, it’s administrators. I just picked this story up and thought it was powerfully relevant. It was the best of schools, it was the worst of schools, but it was summer school and Mr. Sandoval was the only ESL teacher. The summer principal, Mr. Prince, stopped [...]

Students at Kilmer Middle School have to be very careful about how they interact with their peers.  Even giving each other a high five can land them in the principal's office.  ''You get into shades of gray,'' Kilmer Principal Deborah Hernandez said. ''The kids say, 'If he can high-five, then I can do this.' '' Hernandez said the ...

Teachers who leave the profession might be more frustrated with their principals than their students or working conditions.  This does not surprise me.  One year our school was blessed to have a supportive principal who just brightened everyone's day.  She listened to her teachers and allowed us to make decisions.  Her ...

A video on the growing dilemma of how to successfully educate middle schoolers discusses doing away with middle schools altogether.  One possibility is to keep students in elementary school through the 8th grade.  Another choice is to house 6th through 12th graders ...

Now I've heard everything.  In an effort to show how sexually transmitted diseases are spread, a group doing a demonstration for students stepped into a sticky mess. It was a novel class exercise: Ask a room full of Montgomery County high school students to take turns chewing the same piece of gum. To demonstrate how ...

The superintendent for Anne Arundel is making an entire staff of a high school reapply for their jobs.  This includes teachers, administrators, custodians, and secretaries.  Get out the broom, and get ready for a clean sweep.  Annapolis High School has failed to meet No Child Left Behind guidelines for four ...