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Education
Getting Ugly
I can't trace the exact orgin of this--there appears to be some history here--but there's pretty heated war of words going on between Stephen Downs and KDeRosa of Dead Reckonings over the value of content knowledge.
Education
Boy Problems
Mildly Melancholy, worrying she might be headed for a mid-semester meltdown, questions the heavens:
Education
Boy Problems
Mildly Melancholy, worrying she might be headed for a mid-semester meltdown, questions the heavens:
Education
Dress for Success
Hobo Teacher, not mincing words, says teachers should have dress codes─for their own good.
Education
A Teacher's Work Is Never Done
In the midst of a crazy week, Mister Teacher saves a man's life in a Taco Bell. On a staff-development day, no less. ...
Education
Flu Frustrations
Mrs. Bluebird has about had it with parents who expect teachers, at a moment's notice, to gather missing work for sick kids and then don't even bother to come in and pick it up.
Education
You've Got Mail ...
Teach Baltimore reprints the lengthy, no-nonsense e-mail message he sent to parents after his IB students performed poorly on a quiz on Richard III
Education
Drained
A worn down Mrs. Riz, who works with emotionally disabled students, is looking for balance:
Education
Sports vs. Libraries
Does it make sense when communities get far more upset about cuts in school sports programs than they do about cuts in school library or media programs?
Education
An Inconvenient Truth?
An environmentally concerned teacher thinks that educators caught up in Web 2.0 fads might have the wrong view of the sort of technological kids will need in the future.
Education
PLC Frustrations
Bill Ferriter reflects that professional learning communities can often be particularly draining and frustrating for the teachers who are most committed to them.
Education
Making Connections
Teachin', an 8th grade language arts instructor, finds she gets a lot of milage out of attending students' extracurricular activities—no matter how tired she is.
Education
Mother-Daughter Mentoring
Veteran spec. ed. teacher Dayle Timmon's daughter has just started her first teaching job, and the two of them have started a blog together to "to share our conversations during her first year as a teacher."