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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Last Hired, First Fired Punishes Expert Teachers

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Steve Owens has posted quite a fine article about the single salary schedule used by most districts to determine teacher salaries. I'...
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Why Data Drives (Instead of Informing)

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According to Justin Baeder , “Data is merely one tool at the disposal of skilled, experienced, and knowledgeable professionals.” The crux ...
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

“Do Education Schools Give Too Many A's?”

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That is the question posed by a recent EdWeek article and answered in the affirmative by a recent study out of the University of Missouri ...
Friday, June 24, 2011

These Wings Don't Fly

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“Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty. I see a glass that’s twice as big as it needs to be.” ~ George Carlin T...
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Friday, April 29, 2011

Interference, Phonics Wars and ELLs

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Interference is the idea that prior learning can interfere with new learning. In linguistics, interference, also known as the negative tra...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

About Homework (with bonus lesson on area of a circle)

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In the midst of extreme busyness, I left a short, hurried post nearly four weeks ago about how I recently became the temporary legal guardia...
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Back In Elementary School

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I recently became the temporary legal guardian of an elementary child. Consequently, although I am a secondary teacher, I have been spendin...