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News from the National PTA

maryholden wrote 3 days ago: The National PTA sent two recent items I want to share with parents.  The first is that they have es … more →

Tags: Charter Schools, Elementary, High Schools, parent resources, Aetna Foundation, charlotte frank, denise white, Floyd W. Green III, Greg Schumann

SRP's Solar for Schools lets the sun shine on, in, around and through

maryholden wrote 2 weeks ago: I recently learned that the Ira A. Murphy Elementary School has been chosen by Salt River Project (S … more →

Tags: Elementary, Ira A. Murphy Elementary School, Lori Singleton, peoria school district, Robin Dahlman, Salt River Project, Solar for Schools

Peoria Unified School District’s Paul Bower is a National Distinguished Principal

maryholden wrote 1 month ago: What is a National Distinguished Principal, or an NDP? There is now one in our midst and he is Paul … more →

Tags: Elementary

Spirit Week2 comments

calebrentex wrote 1 month ago: Well this week has been spirit week. And of course I have no school spirit because the school only l … more →

Tags: School, School Spirit, Wake County, School Board, Budget cuts

YANKEE DOODLE HOMECOMING WEEKEND IS NO FRIEND TO YANKEES

--Rick wrote 3 months ago: The Lowell Sun reports: Billerica — Organizers of the annual Yankee Doodle Homecoming will not … more →

Tags: Billerica, Politics, Board of Selectmen, Philosophy, leadership, History, Tax, Yankee Doodle, YDH

N.J.: Insurer can't duck Rider U. defense costs in hazing death

heygrrrl wrote 5 months ago: By Linda Stein Times of Trenton NEW JERSEY — A federal judge has ordered an insurance company … more →

Tags: school violence, Lawsuits/Criminal Charges, hazing, Suicide/Death, Bullying, School Safety, rider university, Landmark American Insurance Co., Phi Kappa Tau

Summer Subjects

Algot Runeman wrote 5 months ago: The kids have gone home. The chairs are being moved out of classrooms so washing and waxing can begi … more →

Tags: educational software, Open-Source, SIS

Education Reform. Simple. Start with small steps.

Judy Bryan wrote 6 months ago: My daughter begins high school in the fall. Fortunately, she’s in honors English. I learned th … more →

Tags: Education, Reading, summer, School Reform, High School, Books, Students, Parenting, Teachers

Mobilise your education planning3 comments

Judy O'Connell wrote 7 months ago: Right now I am in the run-up to the first exams of the year for my students. They’re getting n … more →

Tags: Australia, learning 2.0, Collaboration, Students 2.0, iPhone, Student Attendance

New Teacher Success Secrets: Don't Demonize Administration

paulfdavis wrote 8 months ago: As a new teacher, I quickly realized how much administration does to keep a school running. I don … more →

Tags: new teacher success secrets, new teacher success, don't demonize, don't criticize, new teacher survival strategies, administration and teachers, teachers and nasty administrators, gossiping teachers, teachers in trouble.

The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same1 comment

institutrice wrote 11 months ago: This, for once, isn’t about my students. It’s about the myriad of new programs/initiativ … more →

Tags: Poli Sci, Teaching, NCLB, No Child Left Behind, Education, Stress, change, PSSA, Standardized Tests

Mohawks In Trinity's Hair

demo318 wrote 1 year ago: A number of days ago, two of my friends came to school with mohawks.  That evening, they would be pl … more →

Tags: School, Mohawk, Hair Style, insubordination, Awesome, Football, Soccer, YouTube, Mark Brewer

so how should we pay teachers?1 comment

riddler70 wrote 1 year ago: My buddy and I had a conversation yesterday that started with Al Shanker, who is credited with reinv … more →

Tags: Community

Zero Tolerance Policy on Display: Boy Suspended for Using Broken Pencil Sharpener1 comment

Your Daily Chum wrote 1 year ago: Boy suspended for using broken pencil sharpener “We’re always going to do something to m … more →

Tags: Stupid, Bureaucracy Sucks, Nanny State, Won't Someone Please Think of the Children?!?!, Bureaucracy, Teachers, Education, Zero Tolerance Policy, Policies

do we need teachers' unions?

riddler70 wrote 1 year ago: On a hike the other day, my friend asked me about my feelings about my teachers’ union, and I … more →

Tags: Politics

27 – Why Mechanics Should Not Perform Heart Surgery14 comments

msfriendly wrote 1 year ago: Okay…so Tom, a reader of mine, posted the following comments (he’s always finding/asking the good st … more →

Tags: Work, NCLB, inner-city schools, hard times at douglass high, National Review Online, Liam Julian, Teaching

Courant reports BoE's failures, or are they the administration's failures?3 comments

brainflation wrote 1 year ago: The Courant is reporting today that according to Superintendent Dr. Marion Martinez a divided and ar … more →

Tags: Board of Education, East Hartford, BOE, Dr. Marion Martinez, Mary Alice Dwyer Hughes

13 - What Do the Classroom and Jerry Springer Have in Common?2 comments

msfriendly wrote 1 year ago: Thanks, Red Pill, for calling this one to my attention! An Atlanta inner-city teacher is tag-teamed … more →

Tags: Work, crime in classrooms, Culture, Dark Humor, Education, Felecia Williams, Life, sarcasm, sequita thornton

10- Inner-City Administration Rule Book for Dummies1 comment

msfriendly wrote 1 year ago: It’s Monday and my stomach is laden with the anticipation, anxiety and dread of another fun-filled w … more →

Tags: Work, Dark Humor, Jolita Berry, Life, sarcasm, student attacks


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