I agree as well. I didn't really feel any teacher challenged me until HS. I don't think that I was quite as bored as you, but I certainly...
You're going to have to explain that one. Whether an organization is for-profit or non-profit spending too much money on management can be...
I hope that you mean grant money built the school because I seriously doubt that grant money makes up most of the operating budget. I've heard of...
I went to a HS like that, but I recall that the last year I attended that they eliminated the day and moved it before finals as a prep day for...
I think it is possible for all four views to be true to certain degree. For someone who understands the culture of the students and attended a...
I agree with a lot of the others that my first concern isn't to be a student's friend. Contrary to the belief of some younger students not...
That is a pretty good answer. Quite honestly, this is somewhat of a subjective question so there will be a lot of answers. The constantly...
Seriously no matter how far behind students may seem in 5th grade they can still catch up with their peers in a year or two if they get the right...
This is an example of why classroom decisions are rarely based upon a classroom vote. There are some things that we don't do regardless of...
I think what is more disturbing is that this guy wants to eviscerate science standards. A number of websites are reporting that this guy is a...
This is the problem that I see is that not every school can have sub 20 class sizes without giving up something(smaller supply budgets, less...
I don't know whether I would feel so bad. Most of the information I have read indicates that most state teacher retirement systems tend to get a...
I have seen schools where the passing period is as little as 4 minutes long. The teachers tell the kids to do their business on their own time,...
I can see how decreasing the number of kids going to the bathroom during classtime could reduce bomb threats written on bathroom stalls and...
Obviously every teacher has a certain point after which their ability to manage the students goes downhill to the point that it shows up in...
I agree on that. If you are messing around and a kid starts a fight in class someone is going to ask you what happened. If you are oblivious...
The idea that educators have some type of groupthink. Educators hold varying views on politics, religion, and even education policy although you...
At least for higher levels of math (Trig, Calc, etc.) you could use something like Mathematica or something similar to show students how...
Do you have a degree in science? There are some intern teaching credential out there for people with science degrees where you can get your...
There is one assessment that is used in all 50 states, the NAEP, which is used in these "rankings," but that doesn't mean that these rankings are...
