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Practice Meets Policy

Accomplished teacher leaders tell stories of how policy decisions impact learning and teaching in their classrooms in order to spark constructive dialogue across the education community.

Laughing, But Not to the Bank

April 16, 2013Eve Rifkin Education Policy

In a recent Gallup Poll teachers were found to have a relatively high sense of "well being" compared to other workers. In fact, teachers ranked second only to physicians on Gallup's "Life Evaluation Index" score. This score is a composite of

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What’s the temperature in my class?

April 10, 2013Sandy Merz Books, Current Affairs, Education, Life in the Classroom

Blogger Julie Torres coordinates support for National Board candidates in our district. In that capacity she observes many teachers at their practice. In her recent post, 10 Degrees of Teaching, Julie takes the temperature of the current teaching environment and lists ten observations. After

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Can a Girl Get Some Color?

April 10, 2013Amethyst Hinton Sainz Life in the Classroom

English teacher creates an epic hip hop ballad that will rock your world and leave you flabbergasted as to why teachers of core subjects often do not have access to colored paper or a color printer or photocopier.

Why I Am Not Silent on Immigration

April 2, 2013John Spencer Education Policy

Juan's mom shows up, make-up smeared, holding his younger brother. My Spanish isn't great, but I can understand the message. We're going to Mexico. And if they don't want us there, it's back to El Salvador. His dad works construction while his

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Vulgar and Perilous Reforms

March 27, 2013Sandy Merz Assessment, Current Affairs, Education, Education Policy, Parent Involvment, Teacher Leadership

In 1790, conservative political philosopher Edmund Burke wrote in Reflections on the Revolution in France: “A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.” Clay Shirky, expert on the role of social media and

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What If? (#3) OR Why My Teacher Website is So Ugly

March 22, 2013Amethyst Hinton Sainz Education, Education Policy, Life in the Classroom, Literacy, Professional Development, Teacher Leadership, Web/Tech, Weblogs

Teachers and students working in the classroom often know the tech tools we need, and we can learn them an implement them if the systems in our schools are responsive enough to meet our needs quickly.

The Problem with VAM Scores

March 14, 2013John Spencer Assessment, Education Policy

Before the district kill-and-drill benchmark test, a student says to me, "You look stressed." "I'm fine," I lie, offering a grin that looks more like a grimace. "I normally blow off the test, but my mom says you could lose

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Scalpel

March 12, 2013Daniela A. Robles Uncategorized

In the thick of the sequester debate, the comment is often heard that we should cut with a scalpel instead of hacking with an ax. The problem with the scalpel scenario is that if you cut over and over, the

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