“These changes you’re talking about – it’s not just reforming the union. We have to organize teachers all over again. The first time we organized their economic rights; now we have to organize them as educators. We have to organize
Read MoreTaming Godzilla, Preemptively?
Amethyst and Sandy Merz fail to truly disagree, but succeed in uncovering some compelling possibilities for Common Core Standards implementation.
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Teacherprefakeurism Part 2: The Story Behind the Rant
I respond to Sandy Merz’s response to my piece about Teacherprefakeurism.
Read MoreTeacherpreneurism v. Teacherprefakeurism
On Monday, Amethyst Hinton Sainz wrote in this space that Teacherpreneur has "got to be one of the most influential educational buzzwords of the decade." She adds that Arizona presents a prime example of districts that have disrespected the foundations
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Teacherprefakeurism. Sound Awkward?
Are you being asked to be a teacherprefakeur?
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Some Needs Are More Basic Than Math
The hand that holds mine on our path through life is chapped and cut and burned: the wages, along a few dollars an hour, of preparing 400 school meals a day. Her day begins early. Up and out the door
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Virtually Segregated
Teachers must be vigilant that with online tools we do not inadvertently stigmatize groups of students we mean to help.
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Summertime and the Reading Was Easy
After 65 days I could call my own, it’s back to the work. I spent a good portion of my time reading and hope to take much of what I learned forward into my professional duties. School days are
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Why I Joined the “Union”
I reflect on why I pay my professional association dues.
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