put out just in time for the day on which most students head back to school lots of quick powerful images and words including images to remind us of the multiple failures of our Secretary of Education including a teacher saying “I do not want to go to another funeral for my students” So far…
Category: School
Do Not Send your kid to school. Find another way to educate them other than public arenas.
There is a diary on here which is very good about Betsy No nothing and it is good. http://www.dailykos.com/… I am a parent, grandparent and great grandparent. I know kids. I have raised enough of them to know them. We know we have a shortage of teachers and we do not need to lose anymore…
One down, three to go . . .
Friday was the final day of 1st quarter. It was also the penultimate game for our freshman soccer team. Both of those events are occasions for another reflection on teaching and related. If interested in my observations, which will use those as a starting point for broader reflection, please keep reading. If not, my feelings…
I have resigned from my teaching position
effective June 30. I did so even without having another job, although I am exploring moving to an independent school next year as well as the possibility of employment using my skills as a writer and an editor. I am a retired/rehired teacher in the Prince George’s County Public School System in Maryland. As such…
Arkansas bill cuts National School Lunch funding for the state's struggling school districts
Arkansas State Rep. Alan Clark proposed a bill, currently being considered by the State Senate committee on education, that will punish school districts by cutting their National School Lunch funding if they’re struggling with reading over a period of time. Do I have to tell you the party he belongs to? Alan Clark (R-Lonsdale, AR) To be clear, there is a difference between…
