This is a great point right here, and I did it a lot, too. Even when I knew perfectly well how to do problems the "right" way, it was often...
My district has been in national news lately because Delores Umbridge called us out. At the time, our plan was either two days in-person, three...
The BMJ article more or less concludes that it couldn't hurt and states that, from a policy standpoint, "it is time to act without waiting for...
Could I see some of these papers from either peer-reviewed sources or national/international medical associations casting doubt on the efficacy of...
"If you believe in masks" The cool thing about science is that it's true whether you believe in it or not. Putting that aside though, the...
It absolutely sucks all around. I promise me, you will never hear me say otherwise. But if I have to choose between the health of myself and my...
I think one thing that needs to happen is a firm press of the federal government to provide the funding they've already agreed to fund. Just by...
The hard part about all this for me is that for the most part, kids themselves aren't at much risk from schools opening up, it's everybody that...
Virginia lets teachers add a new certificate just by taking a Praxis exam. I've spent my summer taking the English, Social Studies, Earth...
Under those conditions, what exactly do they think will be accomplished by the teacher wearing a mask? I'm sorry, maybe I'm just being a...
My district is tentatively planning something like that. Our answer has, basically, been to take an unpaid leave of absence if we don't like it.
I'll be able to add Social Studies, English, Middle School Science, and Earth Science to my certificate, but I'm still debating whether I want to...
From school leadership side though, I think it was hard for them. I mean... who would have predicted that Americans would just kind of... get...
My district has announced they won't be adding new custodial staff, and will instead be counting on custodians to be willing to work constant...
If you know for a fact that you'll be teaching a certain specific course, I can understand having some essentials ready for a move to online. If...
Quite the contrary, I fully expect I'll have to. Maybe it will be September 8, and maybe not. Maybe if I'm teaching virtually on October 8, I'll...
I may be teaching online at some point. I may not. I may be teaching the same curriculum I taught last year. I may not. I may be teaching...
I work my you-know-what off. During the month of July, I'm teaching ESY, I'm serving on Governor Northam's work group for reopening school, I'm...
I had a third grader once who passed a BAS Level Z with a perfect 10/10 and who I was informally teaching high school algebra to while teaching...
Our custodians usually vacuum the floors daily, empty any trash bins that are put outside the classroom door, and refill the soap and paper towels...
