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So my colleague who currently teaches 8th grade Language Arts tripped on a cord, flew to the corner of a table and was momentarily knocked unconscious behind her desk today.  It was during her Honors class.

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The Washington Post reported that the Washington Teachers' Union is "proposing a three year contract...that would eliminate seniority."  This would allow administrators to retain newer but more effective teachers while relocating more veteran teachers to positions seemingly more suitable for ...

Teacher Magazine has an article today about Idaho's progress in developing a standardized teacher evaluation that could be a stepping stone for developing an acceptable pay-for-performance legislature. The article didn't get me thinking so must about the concept of a standardized ...

Look, we all know the statistics.  Many of the hardest-to-teach classes are being taught by the least experienced teachers.  According to Education Week, a study was recently conducted in Philadeliphia evaluating 9th graders, "the make-or-break year for many students on ...

This week I’m in Wickenburg, Arizona, a small western town I’ve been going to for quite some time with my family, and it got me thinking about an artifact I picked up a few years back at an estate sale ...

In response to a recent Washington Post article: Obviously nobody has a problem with tackling the obesity problem in this country in any way we can. I remember the time when everyday for 10 months straight students would come up to ...