For a teacher to begin doing his or her part to fix the system is kind of like quitting smoking. Once you have made the decision to quit cigarettes, you must be firm in your resolve to change your life … Continue reading
This would be akin to having someone from the state department walk around a dentist’s office to see how he or she holds the drill, and coming back week after week to see if she continues to hold it correctly. … Continue reading
School success? It is all of our business. In my book, “Speak English with me,” designed to increase the English fluency of our most at-risk student population, English Language Learners, I point out: “The responsibility of teaching conversational English to … Continue reading
(This is a composite of responses I hear from teachers whenever I bring up the subject of delivering practice management to teachers. And by practice management, I do not mean classroom management. I mean having every teacher treat his or … Continue reading
Here is what is going to be our future if we don’t watch out.
Parents want us to ‘do whatever you need to do.” Teacher thinkdifferently Students are children and want to know where the line is Teachers (especially young teachers) are reluctant to do so having recently bee “born” from this very system
I am a bit vocal in the classroom. This is due to a variety of reasons: being a bit more mature (older) than most teachers, having fought quite a bit as a young man (not all of it successful), and … Continue reading
Saying its college admission exams do not focus enough on the important academic skills, the College Board announced on Wednesday a fundamental rethinking of the SAT, ending the longstanding penalty for guessing wrong, cutting obscure vocabulary words and making the … Continue reading
I voted for Reagan, and I voted for Bill Clinton. There were good points, as well as some not so good points, about where each one stood on the issues. In other words, I vote for whoever can do the … Continue reading
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