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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.

Begin With the End in Mind

November 17, 2015Jen Robinson Education, Elementary, Parent Involvment

I’ll be honest there are days and weeks that simply kick my butt. The past weeks are evident of that. The lines are blurred and Monday flows into Tuesday, into Wednesday, into Thursday and Friday. That leaves me thinking and

High School Redesign will Never Be Enough

November 13, 2015Eve Rifkin Uncategorized

This past Wednesday, the Obama Administration announced $375 million in support for what he is calling “Next Generation High Schools”. These schools, according to the press release, will more effectively engage and empower students to meet the demands of today’s economy.

Arguing With Students: It’s All About the Toothpaste

November 9, 2015Sandy Merz Education, Life in the Classroom, Professional Development, Uncategorized

Two classroom management challenges came up recently in my engineering classes. In the first, two friends were horsing around and did some minor, easy to fix damage to their projects. Each claimed the other had started it. In the second,

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Take a Lesson from the Ants

November 9, 2015Jess Ledbetter Uncategorized

Have you ever terrorized ants? I’m not talking about being malicious or cruel—I just think that ants are fun to mess with sometimes. When it comes to Mother Nature, ants are one of those tiny creatures that really amaze me.

Lessons From My Version of MacGyver

November 5, 2015Beth Maloney Education, Elementary, Life in the Classroom

As I was dropping my students off at music, I spotted our plant manager, known as Miss Shannon, who was walking a comically tiny bike across the courtyard. As I ran to open the door to the main building, I

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Is Our Energy Renewable? Professional Capital Part II

October 29, 2015Amethyst Hinton Sainz Current Affairs, Education Policy

Sustainability. Staying power through wise choices. I have heard people argue the causes of global warming, and the best human response, but I have yet to hear anyone attack the core value of sustainability. And it has become a metaphor

Under Construction

October 28, 2015Angelia Ebner Uncategorized

Coming back to fifth grade in the midst of common core meant greater rigor, high expectations, and new ways of teaching cognitive processes. I was nervous that maybe I would not have the game to rise to this new

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True Teacher Confession #1: Sometimes I wear pajamas to work.

October 28, 2015Beth Maloney Education, Education Policy, Elementary, Life in the Classroom

To clarify, my students earned pajama day by making a school fundraiser goal. Did I set up the goals? You bet! I love pajama day! But not just pj day… Occasionally, I wear my “Teacher by day, Jedi by night”

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The Preparation Gap

October 27, 2015Danielle Brown Current Affairs, Education, Education Policy, Life in the Classroom, National Board Certification, Professional Development, Teacher Leadership

There are many factors that are impacting education, to include lack of funding, lack of teaching professionals in the classroom, and the lack of support for new professionals during the most crucial years. As a Hope Street Group National Teacher

Just. Keep. Calm.

October 25, 2015Mike Lee Education, Education Policy

That’s right AZMerit scores are here. We’ll finally know how Arizona students performed taking a first stab at the measure of the new standards. Kind of. Districts have now received embargoed reports that can’t yet be shared with the public

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