There have been several articles from a variety of sources in the past month about how ‘the newest things’ in education, which have been held up as the perfect solution for the last few years, are starting to fray around the edges and some are even crashing in on themselves. The New Orleans school system … Continue reading
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A Return to Writing
After an extended hiatus I’m returning to writing. In the last two years everything has changed; my school was taken over by a charter, I have moved to a new school, I have switched subject areas three times in the last three years, and those are only the ‘big things’. As you can imagine the … Continue reading
testing…it’s only funny in comics
Obviously I cannot take credit for this comic (or any of the other ones), it has been all over the web for at least a year or two but I see it more often at this time of year, probably because testing season has begun. As yes, Spring is here, the snow is starting to … Continue reading
As I was following the Twitter feed of the ASCD13 Conference attendees today I got a link to this post. It was so closely tied to my thoughts last week when I started writing here I had to reblog it. I have an ongoing argument (mostly in my head for what I assume are obvious … Continue reading
Time To Stop and Think 