Tag : “Arizona”

Right to Recess

January 23, 2017Beth Maloney Current Affairs, Education, Education Policy, Elementary, Life in the Classroom, Social Issues

In a scene from my favorite TV show, My Crazy Ex Girlfriend, a clueless shopper holds up a plastic wiffle ball and bat set and asks the clerk if a 10 year old would like it. She responds with, “You

Reality Check for English Language Learners

December 8, 2016Amethyst Hinton Sainz Assessment, Education, Education Policy, Life in the Classroom, Literacy, Uncategorized

Snippets of surreptitious conversational Spanish dart around the classroom amid scattered outbursts of giggles. I review the color-coded highlighting of sentence parts in our newest sentence formula involving superlative adjectives, pointing to the laminated neon cards magneted to the

Henry Ford and Ed Policy

October 24, 2016Beth Maloney Current Affairs, Education, Education Policy, Elementary, Life in the Classroom, Literacy

“I’d like to observe your 90-minute reading block if that works for you,” says my principal as we are setting a date for my formal observation. “Well, we’ll be using literacy skills to close read and annotate a piece of

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

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

Should We Save a Slice for Charters?

September 19, 2015Amethyst Hinton Sainz Current Affairs, Education Policy

Donnie Dicus got me thinking about charter schools in Arizona. It disgusts me that corporations with absolutely no fidelity to Arizona’s children or communities can profit from money that is desperately needed in the traditional public schools to implement current

Questioning RIF Realities in AZ: Professional Capital Part I

August 14, 2015Amethyst Hinton Sainz Education Policy

This fall, Arizona schools began the year with approximately 1,000 job openings for teachers. Stories on Arizona’s teacher shortage have abounded in recent months. Despite the need for quality educators in our state, did you know that hundreds of teachers

Mind Like a Civ(ics Test)?

February 10, 2015Amethyst Hinton Sainz Assessment, Current Affairs, Education, Education Policy, Social Issues

Should Arizona high school graduates understand civics? Heck, yes. What? I agree with our Republican-dominated legislative and executive branch on an issue? As in many other states, our state legislature and national representatives are elected disproportianately by older, wealthy white

Why I Joined the “Union”

June 24, 2013Amethyst Hinton Sainz Education, Education Policy, Teacher Leadership

I reflect on why I pay my professional association dues.

The Obstinacy of Hope

May 16, 2013Amethyst Hinton Sainz Assessment, Current Affairs, Education, Education Policy, Life in the Classroom, Literacy

I endeavor to explain how I see hope as essential to a teacher’s job, and yet not quite the syrupy-sweet thing that many interpret from Dickinson’s famous poem. It’s more beaky.

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