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Never Let Go, Never Give Up
Image by TexasEagle via Flickr “Once I am your teacher I never let go.” That is one of the first things I tell my students at the beginning of the school year. I started saying that in my third year...
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10 + 1 Not To Miss
I recently got tagged in a blog post by Shelly Terrell (@shellterrell) one of the many people I rely on for my continuing teacher education. Tagging sometimes seems like the blog equivalent of...
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Fighting, Just Because
Image via Wikipedia There were two fights in my little wing of our school today. Neither fight had to happen. Neither fight should have happened. Inner-city middle school students fight as play...
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The Lessons of Independence
Image via Wikipedia Independence Day always brings out the history teacher in me. Don’t worry; it’s safe. Schools are closed so I can do the pure stuff instead of social studies Not that there’s...
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Where Are All the Digital Natives?
Image via Wikipedia I keep hearing about digital natives. I’d like to meet one. From all I hear about them in the media, on Twitter, in education conferences and elsewhere one would think there were...
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Learning a Universal Language
Image via Wikipedia I just learned a new language. I used to run a British pub in New York City where we used to joke that we spoke about a dozen languages: American English, British English, Irish...
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Oh boy! Now You Can Take the Tests.
Earlier this week I wrote a post called Standardized Tests, good for the geese, good for the ganders in which I challenged everyone who has anything to do with the setting of education policy to...
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NY Clarifies Assessment Plans for Teachers and Librarians
Teachers (Photo credit: iwannt) The NY State Education Department has issued GUIDANCE ON NEW YORK STATE’S ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW FOR TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS TO IMPLEMENT EDUCATION LAW...
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I matter
I used to be very shy. VERY shy. Then Angela Maiers showed me that I matter. It was three years ago at a major technology education conference in Washington, DC. I thought of it again this weekend...
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There Are Many Ways to say You Matter
In my last post I told the story of how Angela Maiers told me that I matter. Angela’s “You Matter” campaign is catching on and people are encouraging each other to tell people that they matter. My...
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