Tag : “poem”

The Obstinacy of Hope

May 16, 2013Amethyst Hinton Sainz Assessment, Current Affairs, Education, Education Policy, Life in the Classroom, Literacy

I endeavor to explain how I see hope as essential to a teacher’s job, and yet not quite the syrupy-sweet thing that many interpret from Dickinson’s famous poem. It’s more beaky.

NCLB-Common Core-Value-Added-Limerick-of-all-Limericks

September 1, 2011Alaina Adams Assessment, Education, Education Policy, Life in the Classroom, Professional Development, Social Issues, Teacher Leadership

There once was a passionate teacher, Who cheered with her students in bleachers. Then bubble sheets came, "Data management” reigned, And now her students can’t reach her. *Sometimes, a seemingly-nonsensical poem just says thingsbest.