Archive for the ‘Florida’ Category
Thursday, October 9th, 2008
One week after 18-year-old Alonzo Smith, a football player at Liberty high, died from MRSA, another student has been infected.
Officials say that the student is responding well to treatment and that it is likely they will make a full recovery, since the infection was spotted quickly and treatment began early.
School ...
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Friday, June 13th, 2008
Teaching in high school is one of those mythic jobs that that would top the nightmare list of many people. The Tampa Bay Journal has a special by Melanie Hubbard, an English professor, who tried her hand at teaching high school English. She thought she would test the waters with ...
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Perhaps you remember the town of Port St. Lucie. Recently a teacher was fired for “missing too much work”. However, as we have written about several times on this blog (article 1, article 2, article 3, article 4) she may have actually have been fired for what I guess you ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
FYI, I am still in Miami. That's why I have no choice but to read the local newspaper. Yesterday, actor and author, Henry Winkler visited students at Fox Trail Elementary in Davie, Florida.
The older teachers know Winkler from the TV show Happy Days.
Younger teachers who have terrific taste in TV might recognize ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
We can hope that zero tolerance is finally going the way of the Dodo. In Florida, the law makers are proposing to strike zero tolerance from school policy. According to this article from The Journal Florida, law makers required schools to enact a zero tolerance policy for violations of school ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
I am blogging from Miami. Weston to be precise. In a hospital room. Suffice it to say that "suffice it to say" is one of my favorite expressions. And, that hospital wifi is awesomeness!
This morning I read an article in the Miami Herald about a dial-a-teacher homework hot line. Link. ...
Posted in Florida, k12 education, technology | No Comments »
Saturday, May 10th, 2008
Good weekend. This story is getting better each day. That of bikini teacher Tiffany Shepherd. If you recall, Shepherd says she was fired from her teaching job due to her being a bikini babe. The school insists she was fired for her excessive absences. Meanwhile, I am insisting that despite ...
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Sunday, May 4th, 2008
Tiffany Shepherd, the teacher in Florida, who says she was canned for being a bikini mate is getting a ton of press. Both in the US and beyond.
Her MySpace profile is also getting a ton of visitors. Notice that under occupation, all she has listed is: Smokin Em Fishing Charters ...
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
Good Friday. If I was stuck on an island and had the option to get one newspaper delivered, it would be the Wall Street Journal. Not the online version. Print baby! While other newspapers continue hemorrhaging, the WSJ continues to grow. How is that possible in today's age of internet ...
Posted in Alabama, Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, evolution | 1 Comment »
Thursday, May 1st, 2008
It's been a while since I blogged here. Figured I'd get back into things with a bang ;-)
Tiffany Shepherd was a biology teacher at Port St. Lucie High School, until last week when she was fired.
Miss Shepherd claims she was fired abruptly after the school found out she was working ...
Posted in Florida, k12 education, tiffany shepherd | 6 Comments »
