Archive for April, 2008
Monday, April 21st, 2008
Part two in the Quality Education series.
As a teacher I have found that finding the right balance of allowing students to learn on their own and giving hints or outright help is a true art form. As a parent it is even more difficult. I have a sense though that ...
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
The first step in ensuring quality education for your children starts at home. Let's face it no matter how great the schools, the neighborhood, or how smart your child is he/or she will someday struggle in school. This is a good thing, if your child doesn't struggle then he or ...
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
I would like to take this my first post to introduce myself to everyone and give some idea of what I hope to blog about in this space.
I am a teacher and a parent. Officially I have six years as a teacher in my own classroom and five summers experience ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
Following the Star Tribune's article(s) on Tarek Ibn Ziyad Academy, KSPT TV did a story on it. You can watch the clip below. Enjoy the flagpole part. Read reactions here. Btw, in my previous post, I mentioned that in Florida there's a Jewish Charter School. For a moment I thought ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
Yesterday, La Vernia High School in Texas made headlines across the country about a fight club involving the high school students. Everyone is up in arms. Each story written, including this one, includes a reference to the Brad Pitt/Ed Norton movie.
Here’s the deal; this is a serious matter. So ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
Finally! The GAE is publicly backing former Teacher of the Year, Belle Carter. Thanks to the NAACP, public opinion, at least some of it, has been critical of Carter. And the school. For a slew of baloney reasons. Welcome to the USA; where students try to harm the teacher and ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Forget the Chess Club or Math Club. Students at La Vernia High School in Texas have been caught filming an amateur version of Fight Club. Only this isn’t acting. The students are actually pummeling one another in a school bathroom. And recording them on cell phones. And then uploading them ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
The National Center for Education Statistics has released a compensation/demographic report on public school teachers. Seven States participated in this effort:
Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Missouri, and Oklahoma.
Highlights from the report:
1) Average Salary for full time teachers:
Arizona: $42, 772
Arkansas: $40, 981
Colorado: $44, 777
Florida: $41, 740
Iowa: $41, 145
Missouri: $40, 602
Oklahoma: $34, ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
The Waycross Journal-Herald tells it like it is in an editorial today. The editorial is critical of the NAACP's shenanigans and raises strong questions that we've asked on our blog. For example, if the students intended on throwing pies, how come the school never found any pies? Duh.
It also references ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
On March 9th, Katherin Kersten of the The Star Tribune wrote an article titled “Are taxpayers footing bill for Islamic school in Minnesota?” Link. The article was about Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy, a K8 charter school in Minnesota. The article took a deeper look at Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy and ...
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