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Yes, there are many problems in education.  But many of them boil down to the fact that we are a cadre of professionals who are taken advantage of as part of the job requirement.

I can't wait to show my 8th Grade Honors class this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq6b9bMBXpg. It's a great display of the act of spreading the arts publicly and on a huge scale.   My students have been working all year on their "Spontaneous Shakespeare" ...

Know a teacher who got a pink slip?  Maybe my newest post at Teacher Magazine can help.  Click here for the article. It's Step 1 of my Top Secret New Teacher Handbook.  Hope it creates some shortcuts, a machete even, through ...

Somehow, and maybe I'm reading into it here, I feel a little written off already.  Education Week is reporting that some districts are pondering the possibility of "front-loading" new teacher salaries, increasing their compensation earlier in their career to aid ...

Science Daily is reporting that there has been a shift in how students are thinking as a result of their use of technology.  They believe it possibly lowers critical thinking skills and analysis.  Additionally, they wonder just how much schools ...

I was reading this great article from Slate Magazine about the cheese that is Billy Joel.  And I thought back to many a car trip singing his "Themes from an Italian Restaurant."  I also remembered just how many times I'd ...

The Illinois News-Gazette recently reported an increase in second career teachers.  But, really, aren't we all second-career teachers?  I mean, unless we bopped from high school to a BA to an education program and landed directly into the teaching field, ...

I have two sessions that I will be presenting at CUE in March this year.  I thought I'd share a little of what I sent to them to give you a little preview of what I'm going to be talking ...

I'm not sure what one can say about this latest story.  AP reports that a number of students at a St Louis middle school are facing suspension for a spirit day gone awry.  But how "Hug a Friend Day" de-evolved ...

You know when you enjoy a book so much you begin to slow down towards the end just to make the sweetness last?  Well, Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book is one of those.  NG writes with a rhythm in his ...