2011 - Page 8 of 9 - STORIES FROM SCHOOL AZ

The Damning of Intellectualism

February 13, 2011Mike Lee Current Affairs, Education, Education Policy, Social Issues

Can we continue to hear the voices of our Founding Fathers, or will they forever be drowned out by the clang and clamor of the Damnation of Intellectualism?

TTWWADI the Sequel

February 10, 2011Donnie Dicus Uncategorized

I'm sure everyone has heard someone whine this! "That's the way we've always done it! Why change!" My fellow blogger, Mike Lee, wrote a great piece about hunting these TTWWADI's! You can read it at http://www.storiesfromschoolaz.org/2010/08/ttwwadis-exposed.html My district has been

The Heart of Teaching

February 7, 2011Alaina Adams Assessment, Current Affairs, Education, Life in the Classroom, Parent Involvment, Professional Development, Social Issues, Teacher Leadership

February brings many flutters and shudders for teachers. The flutters are connected to the chocolate, Sweetheart candy, and wonderfully-sappy cards that tell us how we’re the best teachers ever. The shudders come from a month full of test-prep and the emergence of

How Do You Teach Math?

February 2, 2011Jen Robinson Uncategorized

“A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions.” Anonymous What do you see? o o o o o o o o o o

Leaving the Classroom?

January 24, 2011Alaina Adams Education, Education Policy, Life in the Classroom, Mentoring, Professional Development, Teacher Leadership

So I’m reading Katy Farber’s book, Why Great Teachers Quit: And How We Might Stop the Exodus, which explores the demands, challenges, and rewards experienced by classroom teachers across the country who are staying in the trenches of public education

Points

January 20, 2011Daniela A. Robles Uncategorized

Two weeks ago I had the privilege of being a guest speaker for a class that consisted of teachers in their second and third year of teaching. These energetic teachers had spent the previous class discussing characteristics of an effective

When can we teach?

January 20, 2011Jen Robinson Current Affairs, Education

I was talking with a friend over the weekend and our conversation went to school and instruction. Her district went back to half-day kindergarten this year. So she is feeling the pressure of how to fit everything into a shorter

Good News: Your kid passed! Bad News: You didn’t!

January 19, 2011Donnie Dicus Uncategorized

Imagine going to a parent-teacher conference with a report for the student AND the parent! Well, one Florida school district is proposing just that. http://www.parentdish.com/2011/01/19/report-card-day-could-include-grades-for-parents-under-proposed/ Parents will be graded on responses to requests for meetings, attendance at conferences, completion of homework,

Is Arizona Next?

January 17, 2011Mike Lee Current Affairs

Michele McNeil's article in Education Week on January 14th was a fascinating look at a near miss in California. She writes about newly-elected Jerry Brown's immediate revamping of the education agenda, only days after taking office and says: "(His) education shake-up