A school, finally: During the nine years I have been teaching at my public school, the school has received grades of D, C, B and finally this year we achieved an A. Next year, due to the state of Florida changing the grading standards (which they have done every year since they decided to grade …
I’ll never tire of reading (and writing) about the struggle to have a student-centered classroom. My shift to a student-centred classroom has been a roller coaster ride, but well worth the work and effort The standardization movement is making this transformation process even harder for teachers. Rather than reward shifted or flipped classrooms administrators are …
With NCLB’s 10 year anniversary, the Obama administration is looking for a way out. Reauthorization would cause an outcry from teachers and administrators, so instead the federal government has offered a waiver program: The waiver plan has drawn a critical response from California state schools chief Tom Torlakson, whose office estimates that complying with the …
As I was listening to NPR yesterday, I was struck by their analysis of the occupy movement. They commented, quite surprised themselves, that the occupy movement is already more creative and popular than many other social movements In asking why, they actually provided important marketing advice for new affiliates. The occupy organizers thought through their …
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The world of education has changed drastically since the passing of No Child Left Behind. Since that legislation was passed, schools have slowly and systematically shifted to standardization. Teachers were consulted about the legislation or the resulting curriculum purchases to ward against a debilitating “failing” label. My teaching career began just one year after the …
I fought hard to try to increase teachers’ awareness of the reliable resources that could be accessed through Google and to get them to open their minds to the possibility that web resources were just as valuable as internet resources, so this is hard for me to write, but I was wrong. Well, at least …
When I was trying to work on implementing a one-to-one program with iPads at my school, people often asked me why iPads. After answering this question numerous times, I resulted to this It creates a unique individual experience. And that’s the gist of it. It’s not about the iPad or the technology behind the iPads. …
After your ideas have simmered and you have a good idea about what you want your affiliate marketing experience to be, then you have your wings. You are ready to create content, to pursue affiliate programs for you and you are ready to invite others to experience that with you. In other words, you are …
Once you have read and crawled around in the world of affiliate marketing, you have to let the ideas simmer. This is where I am in the process. I know the basic terminology. I know the reasoning behind affiliate marketing, but I am still working on where I fit in the world of affiliate marketing. …
I found this jewel from Arne Duncan’s twitter feed: Witham is an example of a rising number of public school teachers across the country taking extra jobs to make ends meet. . . .US public school teachers in 2010 earned 12 percent less weekly that those in other professions with comparable education and experience. So …
