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34 - Ms. Friendly's Back...and Hey, Why Don't You Work Here Anymore?!
No! Don’t panic! I didn’t ask for my old job back, but it did ask for me…(kind of)… This week, my school system had two days off in the name of “Teachers-please-don’t- murder- your –students-Day”…… more →
Ms.Friendly's Comprehensive Guide to Inner-City Teaching
Inner City Schools Should Get Better Funding
Staff wrote 6 hours ago: by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Syracuse University The following is an excerpt from the book, "Bla … more →
Inner City Schools Should Get Better Funding
Staff wrote 6 hours ago: by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Syracuse University The following is an excerpt from the book, "Bla … more →
Why We Should Fund Inner City Schools
Staff wrote 6 hours ago: by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Syracuse University The following is an excerpt from the book, "Bla … more →
Inner City Schools Should be Appropriately Funded
Staff wrote 8 hours ago: by Dr. Boyce Watkins The following is an excerpt from the book, "Black American Money. … more →
A Powerful Idea on Youth Violence – The New York Times 11/4/09
thefortunesociety wrote 2 weeks ago: This editorial discusses a renewed effort by Chicago Chief of Public Schools Ron Huberman to curb yo … more →
Our Failing Education System Who is at Fault
Joe Clay wrote 1 month ago: The Education in this country is in bad shape. Other countries score better on test and seem to have … more →
Oct 09 AQ: A Quiet Revolution
the AQ editors wrote 1 month ago: Dear Readers There is a quiet revolution going on in our engagement with schools. The difference on … more →
Teachers like Botox, too
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Marta Alvira-Hammond wrote 4 months ago: And so year one teaching in Madrid has ended. I covered some topics that were important to me on he … more →
Thomas Gibbon's Teach for America experience
Musing Mom wrote 5 months ago: Thomas Gibbon did a two year stint with Teach for America in inner city Baltimore. His articles desc … more →
Makes me want to cry (or scream)
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dkzody wrote 8 months ago: Next week my senior marketing students are presenting their business plans to the judges from Fresno … more →
Delaware: The New Business Capital
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kavips wrote 8 months ago: “My administration is doing everything it can to make Delaware the best state in the nation fo … more →
Feelin' lucky?
sewedel wrote 8 months ago: I’m feelin’ lucky. So far. You may recall how, last week, my three youngest young’ … more →
Mrs. Zody won't be in today
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dkzody wrote 10 months ago: I substituted way back, 20 years ago, when I first got my teaching credential. I was young, smart, a … more →
Expert Interview with Jason Harper
runningaudio wrote 11 months ago: In May 2008, Jason Harper — who ran his first marathon in 2005 — set out on a 100-mile r … more →
Teaching Black Kids...
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kavips wrote 1 year ago: I wanted to give a shout out to Kilroy and Fix Red Clay who have done an amazing job at energizing R … more →
South Park is right!
anonymousrex wrote 1 year ago: Once again, South Park uses satire to reveal a serious social problem. For those who don’t kn … more →
34 - Ms. Friendly's Back...and Hey, Why Don't You Work Here Anymore?!
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msfriendly wrote 1 year ago: No! Don’t panic! I didn’t ask for my old job back, but it did ask for me…(kind of)… This week, m … more →
The Opportunity Gap
dven wrote 1 year ago: I have come to believe that America has no real idea of what is happening in her metropolitan public … more →
Gangsta Fairies
playb00k wrote 1 year ago: And so a new year begins… It has been a long time since I have taught little little kids. In … more →
