I think you're mistaken: under NCLB, AYP was based on the rate of improvement toward a goal of 100% proficiency. Schools that started with high...
This problem isn't unique to teachers or schools -- every employee break room is raided by unethical colleagues. The ethics here are obvious...
I started every class (9th-10th grades) with a "QuickWrite." I'd write a topic on the board and students were expected to sit down and start...
> "I encounter many situations every day where it would be easier, in the short term, to turn my head and pretend I didn't see or hear anything" <...
I know that for some standardized tests, the results are delayed to determine if there are any "testing errors" (questions where there were 2...
I think the Wisconsin teachers and other public employees were smart to take the huge hit by offering to agree to cuts and cost-sharing, so that...
I was a journalist (1978-1990), then an attorney (1990-1998), and then an internet marketing consultant (1997-2001), before deciding in 2002...
I never accepted assignments to sub in P.E., but occasionally I was asked to "cover" one period of P.E. while on another sub assignment. There...
Budgets cuts in the past few years have led many US school districts to reduce their classroom days to the absolute minimum required (180) and to...
How about using the money to actually inspire NEW and DIFFERENT strategies for wellness? How can we be encouraged to eat more vegetables, less...
You can find links to dozens of lesson-plan resources (including both free and commercial) at...
Congratulations, you've just validated what the politicians believe: that [some/many/most] teachers will act in the best interests of students,...
First, let's assume that nobody believes that shortening the school year by 33 days is "a good thing," but that some folks believe that it's just...
I think there are two different issues with middle school students. First, it's a huge time of transition, transformation, and instability....
I'm having some trouble with this. When I first read an article about this today, I absolutely agreed that teachers should not post negative...
My understanding is that in some places (perhaps many), resumes are not saved if they arrive when there is no immediate opening. And even if they...
I have a law degree, and of course an offer letter is not the same as a signed contract. The offer letter, when written, did not create a...
Here's a key point that it took me many, many years to recognize: in almost any hiring situation, the employer will seek "pliable and compliant"...
I was hired at age 43 (as a HS English teacher), and I did not perceive any age-related disadvantage (or advantage) in the hiring process. But...
I brought more than a thousand books into my (9th-10th) classroom, and kids being kids, I expected that some would be removed and never returned....
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