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Badass Teachers Association Seriously Needs a Better Name. Seriously. 3 Jul 2013 | 02:13 am
Over the course of just a few weeks, a group of teachers called the Badass Teachers Association has garnered 20,000 members in the name of pushing back against the corporate education reform movement....
Dear David McCullough: I Respect You, But HOLY COW How Could You Forget Testing?! 1 Jul 2013 | 09:11 am
This evening 60 minutes aired a major feature on the famous historian, David McCullough. It originally aired last November, but I didn't see it until tonight. For the better part of the show, it was ...
I'll Respect You More if You Stop Using the Word "Data" 28 Jun 2013 | 06:22 am
It can be pretty difficult listening to instructional coaches, administrators, or superintendents talk about effective teaching these days without hearing one word that has begun to send shivers down ...
Test Teaching 26 May 2013 | 11:26 am
On a recent road trip, I listened to the audiobook Moneyball. It made me wonder if anyone has written on the clear connection between ideas presented in the book and the focus of public education on s...
How Do We Retain Excellent Teachers? 30 Mar 2013 | 04:38 am
Yesterday, I had the privilege of Skyping with students of Kathleen Nolan (whose book, Police in the Hallways, I reviewed on this blog last summer). They are currently studying education reform and th...
Life Lessons: 2012 (Whoops, I Forgot Some Things!) 21 Jan 2013 | 03:11 am
I was reflecting on my last post, and I realized there were a few more things that really changed my thinking last year. 4) You want to teach somebody something? Better be sure you've got the cred to...
Life Learnings: 2012 17 Jan 2013 | 02:29 am
I'm a few weeks late in doing this, but another year is down and it's time, once again, to reflect on the things I've learned this past year, both in teaching and in life. In 2009, most of my learning...
Seattle's Garfield High School Opts Out of MAP Test 15 Jan 2013 | 08:18 am
The following was cross-posted @ the chalk face. There are occasions when I think that if standardized tests were allowed to make up only a very small component of a teacher's evaluation, they wouldn...
Talking About Community Schools 7 Jan 2013 | 07:18 am
It has been far too long since I've posted anything on this blog. I've been working on another blogging project with a colleague who works at the middle school that feeds into my high school. We've ca...
First Donor's Choose Project 15 Dec 2012 | 10:23 am
After talking with a friend about educational technology and being inspired by some cool things I saw some teachers do at a conference in Rhode Island last month, I decided to create my first Donor's ...
