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In one of those weird, fortuitous reading coincidences, I read the following articles back to back:
On MSNBC.com, Why Quitting is Good For You, and on NYTIMES.com, Please Cast Ryan Gosling as Me.
They got me thinking: When do we (teachers) quit? This question has two meanings: (1) When do [...]
I received an e-mail from Julie, a reader of this blog, and she agreed to let me post her letter and my response:
Tim,
Last night, I hosted a book group who read Robert Epstein's The Case Against Adolescence. I came across this book in the spring when it came out and wanted to get together with other English teachers to talk about his ideas.
It is a long book and I'm [...]
With the start of the school year, education writing kicks back into gear and blogs come alive. Here are some things I've read the past couple of days ...
The Blackboard Bungles at Newsweek. Reviews three new books about education. I've seen all three of them on the bookshelves, but [...]
Go take a look at some of the new posts at the Teacher Research Blog, sponsored by the New York State English Council's Standing Committee on Teacher Inquiry.
' [...]As the new school year begins, so do the careers of the plethora of new teachers. Whether coming through traditional teacher ed programs or alternative pathways to certification, very few new teachers have it easy. Teaching is not a profession that you can truly at your own pace. The learning [...]
This article on "Tips for Keeping the Peace" is a great reminder for teachers, as well as great to use with students.
[...]A new article on Education Week, "Teaching With The Test, Not To the Test" by Amy H. Greene & Glennon Doyle Melton, can let us know just how much tests have infiltrated education and how educators will go to any lengths to work with them. Although, I fear that [...]
There are many issues on which I agree with Diane Ravitch, conservative education critic. I was glad when she came out against the incentive program being implemented in some NYC schools this fall. She stated the case against them far more elegantly that I was able to.
But, there are [...]
There is another article in The New York Times about the incredibly misguided incentive (pay-for-grades) program being implemented in some NYC schools in the fall.
What strikes me about this program is that it is a solution to the wrong problem. This (in addition to merit pay for teachers) implies [...]
