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Month : September, 2016

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Trade Secrets

September 30, 2016Beth Maloney Education, Education Policy, Life in the Classroom, Mentoring, Professional Development

My husband is a professional chef. And yes, I fully understand that I am the luckiest woman in the world. He was working in the restaurant kitchen when he was asked to come out and speak with a chef who

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Back to la Escuela #3: Spanish for English?

September 29, 2016Amethyst Hinton Sainz Current Affairs, Education, Education Policy, Elementary, Literacy, Social Issues

In my previous two “back to schools” blogs, I focused on bringing back librarians and basic supplies such as tissue. I struggled more for the third topic, because the obvious choice seemed to be to bring back teachers! Recently the

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Teachers Wanted

The Teacher Shortage is REAL

September 27, 2016Jess Ledbetter Uncategorized

I used to think the teacher shortage was more of a statistic than a reality. Sure, I believed it was happening in other schools. But I have been relatively unaffected in my own professional life (thank goodness!). This year, things

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Prop 123: The Year After…..

September 27, 2016Donnie Dicus Uncategorized

It has been five months since Prop 123 barely passed by a super thin margin. After years of near drought level finances, many districts and teachers are beginning to get some relief. There’s quite a bit of anger about how

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Five Reasons Why Parents Are Not Participating

September 26, 2016Angela Buzan Education, Life in the Classroom, Parent Involvment

Open House: for most parents this event marks the first time a parent gets to meet the teachers to whom they’ve entrusted their children. And yet, for many teachers, Open House doesn’t turn out to be quite the bustling event they

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THE RACE TO GATHER MORE DATA

September 26, 2016Mike Vargas Education Policy, Uncategorized, Web/Tech

Many years ago I sat down with my Grandma and talked about what teaching was like for her back in the 50s and 60s. My grandmother, amazingly enough, was the Pomona California teacher of the year back in 1953. I

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The Joyful Classroom

September 21, 2016Lisa Moberg Education, Elementary, Life in the Classroom, Literacy, Parent Involvment, Science, Uncategorized

It’s time for a classroom checkup… QUICK, five words or less, describe your classroom.  Go! Currently I would say: Loud Busy Questions Creative Working The good news from this current analysis- the words “sad,” “frustrated,” or “angry” did not pop

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Through a Different Lens

September 20, 2016Jen Robinson Uncategorized

Photo Credit: Nick Harris https://www.flickr.com/photos/nickharris1/

From Meow to Roar: A Journey in Advocacy

September 19, 2016Danielle Brown Current Affairs, Education, Education Policy, Life in the Classroom, Teacher Leadership

Last week, I had the opportunity to attend a public hearing for feedback on the 2016 draft mathematics & ELA standards in my community. The meeting was held in the cafeteria of what once was a middle school, that was

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Getting Realistic About the Number of Decisions We Make

September 12, 2016Sandy Merz Current Affairs, Life in the Classroom

Me: Hey Son, what do you think about the claim that teachers make 3000 non-trivial decisions a day? Son: Well, they make a lot, maybe 100, but you’ve got to be realistic. And realistic is exactly what everyone (and it

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