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So generally I write a post giving advice to all you new educators out there, but this time I need the advice.    I’m the new English Department Chair for my middle school, and I’ve been set to lead a group of ...

As a teacher concerned about the future of education, and as a blogger who has jumped whole-heartedly into an online collaborative existence as a means to help teach her students, I am astonished at the oxymoronic message coming for our ...

Education Weekly is reporting that there can be negative consequences from some merit pay programs.  It cites evidence from the private sector, claiming that offerring extra compensation pay hasn't worked in the past.  Yet ASCD Smartbrief is also reporting that "Obama ...

OK, guys.  So I got it from the horse's mouth at CUE.  According to the ISTE Director of Governmental Affairs, No Child Left Behind is not going away.   In the weeks leading up to the election, the Obama administration talked ...

Occasionally, I repost this article so that new readers can find it more easily.  Based on some very enthusiastic feedback, it has since morphed into a book proposal called The Top Secret New Teachers Handbook.  I'll share more as it ...

We just got word that we will not have our scheduled textbook adoption for ELA this year as planned.  I have to admit, it is disappointing.  I mean, yes it meant I was going to be out of the classroom ...

So we're at my department meeting yesterday, and my head announces that due to budget cuts, we won't be administering the CAT6 this year.  There was this pause in the room that suggested suppressed sarcasm.

An (aspiring) Educator is hosting this week's Carnival of Education #178.  I've tweaked my How to Take Control of Your Teaching list and although it's still in an evolving state, you can read it here.  Enjoy the Carnival and the ...

The Pre-First Step in How to Take Control of Your Teaching is actively seeking out the right school for you. GOAL: To love where you work and enjoy what you are doing   Too many teachers are miserable. Some of that can be ...

In Education Week's article, "Busywork 101," Jay Solomon writes that the credential programs of today are a "seemingly endless journey through the abstract and the ridiculous."  He also claims that these programs aren't a conspiracy of arbitrary tedium.  I beg ...