Add these to the previous list. 1. Data Teachers are tired of relentless data collection and don’t like being conduits for companies to collect and track information on students, families, and … Read More
Disrespect: 5 Ways Teachers Are Driven Out!
R-E-S-P-E-C-TFind out what it means to me ~Aretha Franklin (And Otis Redding) Teachers, we’re told, leave due to disrespect. Let’s break that down. Teachers have been driven out of the classroom … Read More
Reading Aloud to Help Children Read Well Their Whole Lives!
Every new parent should get a copy of Jim Trelease's The Read-Aloud Handbook. Teachers should have a copy too. In honor of the late Trelease, parent and award-winning artist, writer, and author, it's … Read More
Who’s Teaching America’s Students?
Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth. ~Helen Caldicott, Australian physician, author, and … Read More
Special Education and School Choice: Not Great Choices, If Any
Years of school reforms have stripped public schools of disability services, creating problems for parents (See Carl Peterson’s recent Exterminating Special Education). Parents may turn to charter, … Read More