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Eat Sleep Teach

October 23, 2013Jen Robinson Elementary, Life in the Classroom, National Board Certification

Why teach? I don’t know what drew me to teaching, but I always knew I would be a teacher. Why, I am not sure. I was an average student, who worked hard. I didn’t necessarily like school. My teachers spanned

Easy Like Sunday Morning….NOT.

October 21, 2013Eve Rifkin Uncategorized

I distinctly remember my first Sunday during the first weekend of the first school year in 15 years that I was not going to teach. I had "moved up" into an adminstrative position. That Sunday felt weird. There was something

A Red Dot and a Blank Sheet of Paper

October 20, 2013Sandy Merz Education, Life in the Classroom, Mentoring

The red dot measured eight inches in diameter. Pretty small considering it was shot from a light 3 miles away. Small town fun on a summer’s eve and the seeds of a future. Call it 1974, place it in Silver

Teacherprefakeurism Part 2: The Story Behind the Rant

October 19, 2013Amethyst Hinton Sainz Current Affairs, Education, Education Policy, Life in the Classroom, Professional Development, Teacher Leadership

I respond to Sandy Merz’s response to my piece about Teacherprefakeurism.

Teacherpreneurism v. Teacherprefakeurism

October 17, 2013Sandy Merz Books, Education, Education Policy, Life in the Classroom, Professional Development, Teacher Leadership

On Monday, Amethyst Hinton Sainz wrote in this space that Teacherpreneur has "got to be one of the most influential educational buzzwords of the decade." She adds that Arizona presents a prime example of districts that have disrespected the foundations

What Am I Doing Here? Looking for Me.

October 16, 2013Mike Lee Education, Education Policy, Elementary

I’m not going to lie to you; I don’t have an inspirational line about why I decided to be a teacher. I can’t say that I “always knew I wanted to be an educator,” or “teaching is just in my

Teacherprefakeurism. Sound Awkward?

October 14, 2013Amethyst Hinton Sainz Books, Education, Education Policy, Life in the Classroom, Professional Development, Teacher Leadership

Are you being asked to be a teacherprefakeur?

When Readers Can’t Own the Text

October 7, 2013Amethyst Hinton Sainz Assessment, Education, Education Policy, Literacy, Professional Development, Web/Tech

Online textbooks lead to frustration, and questions about reading pedagogy.

Why I Became a Teacher

October 2, 2013John Spencer Education

I didn't begin my education degree with the goal of becoming a teacher. I wanted to know why people learned and why they didn't, how they were motivated and why certain things "stuck" when others were forgotten. I wanted to

Big Brown Eyes

October 1, 2013Daniela A. Robles Uncategorized

Two weeks ago, my daughter proclaimed that her mother is a workaholic. Last week, my husband noted that I had not been home before six o’clock in weeks. As we wind down the first quarter of the new school