A Shrewdness of Apes

An Okie teacher banished to the Midwest. "Education is not the filling a bucket but the lighting of a fire."-- William Butler Yeats

Monday, March 19, 2012

I am shocked-- SHOCKED!-- to find that cheating is going on here!

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So apparently, to make sure we don't get shocked, let's just NOT LOOK. One case accuses a teacher of filling in bubble sheets of her...
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Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Idaho teachers push back against mindless implementation of technology

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Is technology the solution to problems of student motivation and learning? Some Idaho teachers are pushing back against the blanket assumpt...
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Friday, February 03, 2012

As Sam Cooke sang, "La da da da da da da- history!"

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Yep, knowledge of US history has seldom been demonstrated so poorly by so many, including those who claim to be patriots: AMERICAN history ...
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012

School suspends student over hair grown for donation

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This is absolutely moronic : The board of a Flint-area charter school refused Wednesday evening to relent on its insistence that a high scho...
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Tuesday, January 03, 2012

Iowa is like a reef, and ships just keep crashing into it.

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Wow, looking at the preliminary results from the Republican caucuses tonight, and I gotta say: Really? Santorum and Romney in a virtual tie,...
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Sunday, December 11, 2011

What can you deduce from these clues?

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1. Kid asks if she can start staying after school with me every day of the week so I can personally fix all of her test-taking problems. 2. ...
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Saturday, November 19, 2011

Testify!

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Hooray! Evaluation time again! This time my administrator came in on the day I had a raging sinus infection, but c'est la vie. I really ...
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Friday, November 11, 2011

The (Mis)adventures of Yo-yo Boy

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One of the things the Petty Bureaucrats Who Think They Know All don't get about teaching-- among many, many, many, MANY things!-- is the...
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Wednesday, November 09, 2011

This is amazing.

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How would you like to be a teacher for 55 years? How would you like to be a principal of a middle school for 48 years? Madeleine P. Brennan ...
Monday, November 07, 2011

The Herritage Foundation thinks I'm overpaid.

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According to this report , sponsored by the Heritage Foundation, et al., teachers are overpaid. Here is an analysis from Time magazine via ...
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Friday, November 04, 2011

The soundtrack of my life, after Steve

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Transitions playlist Rest in Peace, Steve Jobs. You helped me fill my life with music. All Things Must Pass. Greg Laswell, How the Day Sound...
Thursday, October 27, 2011

Add this to the list of things that bureaucrats don't understand about teachers' lives.

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So here's a situation. A parent requested a conference with a teacher I know during conference time. This parent began yelling and gesti...
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Monday, October 24, 2011

Open thread: the late great assignment

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Query submitted for your approval: Do you accept late work from students? If so, how much, how often, and at what consequence? What is your ...
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Selling ad space in the classroom

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Does this cross a line? Last month, New Jersey became the first state in the northeast to allow districts to display advertisements on thei...
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