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Sticks and Stones

Alaina Adams Current Affairs, Education, Education Policy, Life in the Classroom, Literacy, Love, Social Issues, Teacher Leadership, Uncategorized

Recently, a colleague of mine had the honor of speaking to teenagers about the power of becoming an educator. To prepare, she posted a Facebook status asking these questions: “Why should people pursue teaching degrees? Why should people teach in public schools?”

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I Wonder

Jen Robinson Education Policy, Social Issues

I Wonder After spending a several days serving on jury duty, I began to wonder about a few school policies and how they are practiced and / or implemented within different districts and schools. I wonder how different schools track

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Reality Check for English Language Learners

Amethyst Hinton Sainz Assessment, Education, Education Policy, Life in the Classroom, Literacy, Uncategorized

  Snippets of surreptitious conversational Spanish dart around the classroom amid scattered outbursts of giggles. I review the color-coded highlighting of sentence parts in our newest sentence formula involving superlative adjectives, pointing to the laminated neon cards magneted to the

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Sound the Alarm

Treva Jenkins Education, Education Policy

Finally, after several attempts, my district’s maintenance and operations budget override passed on election night. Let’s all raise our glasses shall we!! The yes votes tallied 5,018 while the no votes came in at 4,164. Two years ago the MUSD

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We Shall Not Cease From Exploration: A Plea for Geography Education

Beth Maloney Current Affairs, Education, Education Policy, Elementary, Life in the Classroom, Literacy, Mathematics, Science, Social Issues, Teacher Leadership, Web/Tech

Did you know it’s Geography Awareness Week (November 13-19)?  Did I just lose your interest because when you hear “geography” you picture a dusty, outdated atlas on your classroom shelf?  This is my plea for geography instruction in today’s schools.

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