June Teacher Tips!
June Teacher Tips: You can see it coming. Summer <insert: sound of angels singing>. You’re almost there! Here are 6 Teacher Tips to ensure you have a strong finish to a great year. Tweet this! (1) Pretend it’s not the end. School may be winding down but instruction is just as important in June […]
Why Teach?
Why Teach? *** If you’re looking for the MATH TEACHER JOB POSTING, please click here. Sorry for the wrong link!! Why Teach is our new series exploring why people choose to become teachers. We’ll hear from a diverse mix of people – in college, just starting a career, lifelong educators, mid-career teachers, and ranking administrators. […]
Letter From a Principal about Testing
A letter from a Principal about Testing (on Teacher Appreciation Day) This letter about testing was sent from a Principal in NYC to the staff in the school. We’ve reprinted the letter in its entirety. Listen to this post! Dear Colleagues, We are full swing into testing season. We have managed to survive the NYS […]
NYC Principal Addresses Testing
NYC Principal Addresses Testing: Liz Phillips, Principal at PS 321, addresses testing. Sign up for our Weekly Email For Email Marketing you can trust Share this!
Schools Are Not Businesses
Schools are not Businesses (and Kids Are Not Blueberries) I’m a sucker for a great story, and here’s one I want to share. (from Diane Ravitch’s Reign of Error, pp. 300-301) Listen to this story! A businessman named Jamie Vollmer was known for producing superpremium blueberry ice cream utilizing nothing but the best ingredients. He […]
Math Doesn’t Need to be Relevant
Math Doesn’t Need to be Relevant Listen to this post! I recently read two things that really struck me in the conversation about the practical applicability of learning. Here’s Gary Rubinstein, a math teacher in NYC describing a presentation he did at a math teacher’s conference. “The idea was that math doesn’t always have to […]
Common Core Debate Video
Common Core Debate Video There’s a very nice, evenhanded discussion of some of the big issues in educational policy at blogging heads TV. Here’s the link http://bloggingheads.tv/videos/25921 Our two panelists like the common core as an approach to curriculum. They particularly like the rigor of the common core. However, there are many questions about the […]
Test Prep hanging on
Test Prep Hanging on The NY Times today has an article about Test Prep enduring – despite calls (and legislation!) to end the practice. Listen to this post On Dec. 30, the day she was announced as New York City’s schools chancellor, Carmen Fariña denounced an overemphasis on test preparation as the dark underbelly of the previous […]
