from-arggghhhhh-to-awesome

From, “Arggghhhhh!” to “Awesome!”

Sandy Merz Education

A few months ago bloggers argued about a parent who complained that the Common Core had needlessly complicated subtraction. The controversial techniques involve deconstructing “hard” numbers into “easy” numbers and working on the parts to get the answer. Most the teachers commented that

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The Small Things

Eve Rifkin Uncategorized

Joey is a junior and, already, failing four classes. We have seen this many times before. The debate always sounds the same:     "Joey is lazy."     "Wait–maybe Joey is unmotivated"     "What's the difference?"    

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Everybody-Knows

Everybody Knows

Mike Lee Uncategorized

Everybody knows that she’s creative. Everybody knows that she’s got the ideas. Everybody knows. Well, at least the 28 miniature people that surround her know.  And, sometimes some colleagues. Sometimes, some parents. But, rarely, policy makers. Rarely, leaders that define her

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