A Teacher’s Dilemma: Take a Stand Against Testing or Keep Abusing Children What am I? Seriously. What is it I do for a living? When I wake up to go to work in the morning, am I preparing to be a teacher or a test proctor? Am I engaged in the practice of nurturing young minds…
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Pittsburgh Public Schools Advised to Repeat Same Mistakes Over and Over and Over…
Pittsburgh Public Schools Advised to Repeat Same Mistakes Over and Over and Over… “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” -Albert Einstein(attributed) “AAAUUURGH!” -Charlie Brown If I crash my car right into a wall, the worst thing to do would be to get into another car and crash it right…
Fewer Resources, Harder Tests: Common Core in the Last Days of Obama
Fewer Resources, Harder Tests: Common Core in the Last Days of Obama The bell hadn’t even rung to begin class yet, but Ce Ce already had enough. She saw the pile of standardized test look-a-like sheets on the front desk and immediately asked if she could go to in-school suspension. I’m not kidding. She’d prefer to…
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