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Oh Christmath Tree
So I’m driving down a country road margined with make-shift lots selling Christmas trees every quarter mile and I’m struck by a thought. The thought is motivated by the all too common exp… more →
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Oh Christmath Tree
dven wrote 1 week ago: So I’m driving down a country road margined with make-shift lots selling Christmas trees every … more →
The S-Word
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dven wrote 1 month ago: Having been in education now for depressingly close to three decades, I’ve noticed that educators ar … more →
Their Best Learning
dven wrote 1 month ago: I just spent three days consulting in a district in a neighboring state. At the end of the second d … more →
Poor Kids
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dven wrote 1 month ago: The widespread incident of neighborhood violence and drug usage in America’s inner cities has had an … more →
Thanksgiving & Year-round Schooling
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dven wrote 2 months ago: When I was in the classroom, just a few years ago, I always looked forward to Thanksgiving. Sure, it … more →
Sound off: Teacher Salaries
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dven wrote 2 months ago: I recently learned that a typical Supreme Court Justice earns about $200,000 a year. Judge Judy, on … more →
Math Across the Curriculum
dven wrote 2 months ago: There is a push in many schools and districts to adopt Writing Across the Curriculum initiatives. Th … more →
90/90/90 Schools
dven wrote 2 months ago: Doug Reeves’ work with 90/90/90 Schools is compelling stuff. For readers unfamiliar, researche … more →
Tough Kids = Low Standards?
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dven wrote 3 months ago: For the three years I was an academic coach at two of our district’s lowest-performing high sc … more →
Homework Blues
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dven wrote 3 months ago: (This blog entry topic was suggested by several readers on the TC facebook page in response to A Met … more →
A Metablog Entry
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dven wrote 3 months ago: Sometimes when I sit down to write this blog, I think to myself ‘Man, what else can I write ab … more →
Socialist Schools?
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dven wrote 3 months ago: In all the talk these days about Health Care reform and the vehement opinions on both sides about wh … more →
Sometimes A Shining Moment… (Part 2)
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dven wrote 3 months ago: Continued from last week…. [To read Sometimes A Shining Moment...Part 1, click here] I sighed. … more →
Sometimes A Shining Moment... (Part 1)
dven wrote 4 months ago: Sometimes the most poignant teaching memories happen at the least expected times. When I first moved … more →
Six Days on the Road...
dven wrote 4 months ago: I’ve just spent 6 days on the road working with teachers in several districts in neighboring S … more →
"To Them I Must Return" (Jackson Browne)
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dven wrote 5 months ago: I have been out of the classroom for four years now, after serving 24 years as a classroom (math) te … more →
Sound Off: The Metric System
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dven wrote 5 months ago: President Gerald Ford signed into law US sanctions to convert to the metric system (Metric Conversio … more →
86ing Middle School Sports
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dven wrote 5 months ago: In my district, we’re facing yet another round of budget cuts – Tiers 5 and 6, as they a … more →
Newsweek School Rankings
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dven wrote 6 months ago: Newsweek released its annual Best Public Schools in the US report last week. I’m sure this lis … more →
