Growth Model evaluations, loss of continuing contracts, budgetary woes getting you down?  Never fear teachers of Virginia, the Teaching Underground is ready to give you a pat on the back.  You’re doing great!  Keep up the good work and don’t let the political rhetoric and imposter reform movement ruin your day.  Here’s a short list of Virginia's ...

1. We’re employed. Once taken for granted, a job in today’s economy is certainly a reason for thanks. 2. We’re teachers. That means that we’ve got more than just a job. It is as much who we are as what we do. 3. You Tube. Education, entertainment, social connections, and sharing. And, where else could you find something like this. 4. We’re ...

Imagine having the power to influence the future.  You could go back in time and undo all the wrongs and make things ''right.'' Essentially that's what every teacher has when they administer the SOL test to their classes.  Of course that would only be if we received the proper feedback after testing.  The social studies EOC resports are less than ...

In the previous post on the Underground, my colleague referred to Superintendent John Kuhn of Texas testifying before the Texas legislature regarding teacher evaluation and ''value-added'' systems of measuring teacher effectiveness.  Across the nation, we are moving toward systems that measure the effectiveness of students, teachers, schools, and ...

It is hard to believe that what this post's title suggests is even possible, but just a short time ago the Underground had only a limited knowledge of what was happening everywhere across this great country. Then we started a blog. Look at us now. Frightening huh? In an effort to foster similar growth among our ''audience''(both of you) we'd ...