Category : “Life in the Classroom”

Hoarders

August 29, 2012Amethyst Hinton Sainz Education, Education Policy, Life in the Classroom, Professional Development, Teacher Leadership

Supply hoarding becomes a metaphor for something else stashed in our classrooms.

Language Ghettos

August 20, 2012John Spencer Current Affairs, Education Policy, Life in the Classroom

“Mr. Spencer, what is a common assessment?” a student asks. “It’s a test that every student on the grade level has to take,” I explain. The student furrows his eyebrows and continues, “So, why are we going to put our

Who are We Protecting?

August 10, 2012Amethyst Hinton Sainz Education, Education Policy, Life in the Classroom, Professional Development, Social Issues

I explore what happens to individual teachers and students when even the best policies are not given the resources they need to function as intended, using the example of mandatory reporting laws.

Where The Wild Things Are

May 24, 2012Jen Robinson Education, Elementary, Life in the Classroom, Literacy

This blog is dedicated to Maurice Sendak and teachers everywhere who are bringing their school year to a close. Where The Wild Things Are reminds me of teaching. You might be wondering, how? Every year we get students like Max

Swan Song

May 16, 2012Alaina Adams Education, Education Policy, Elementary, Life in the Classroom, Literacy, Mentoring, National Board Certification, Parent Involvment, Professional Development, Social Issues, Teacher Leadership

Every year, during Teacher Appreciation week (last week), one of our Spanish teachers invites students to write a thank-you letter in Spanish (with an English translation) to give to one teacher. Every year, I get a few of these letters

Leaving.

April 16, 2012Alaina Adams Education, Education Policy, Elementary, Life in the Classroom, Mentoring, National Board Certification, Professional Development, Teacher Leadership

On January 24th of last year, I wrote a blog in which I wondered when teacher-leaders like me might know when it’s time to leave the classroom. I even used the word “sacriligious” when contemplating the idea… And then, almost

Teacher Eval: Hunger Games Style

April 2, 2012Alaina Adams Assessment, Education, Elementary, Games, Life in the Classroom, Literacy, Mathematics, Mentoring, National Board Certification, Parent Involvment, Professional Development, Social Issues, Sports, Teacher Leadership

Yes, the geeky-English teacher that I am has jumped all over The Hunger Games craze. Yes, I’ve coerced all of my students into buying the book to use in class, most of us have seen the movie, plan to blog

Learning Happens Before and After Lunch

February 15, 2012Jen Robinson Books, Education, Life in the Classroom

Typically around this time of the year I pull out my old, tattered and torn, Charles Schultz books: Happiness is a Warm Puppy Love is Walking Hand in Hand When I was in the classroom it was fun to read

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