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Top 10: How to Take Control of Your Teaching

Top 10: How to Take Control of Your Teaching

By on February 25, 2009

How can you take control of your teaching, both literally and internally? Read my Top 10 list that advises a teacher on how to get what you need in this demanding job of ours, how to survive it, and how to love it.

“Hit a Jew” Day. Um, er…

“Hit a Jew” Day. Um, er…

By on October 26, 2008

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

UCI Writers Project

UCI Writers Project

By on June 21, 2008

I'm off to my brain gym for the summer - the UCI Writer's Project.

NCLB?  How ’bout B-studentsLB

NCLB? How ’bout B-studentsLB

By on June 21, 2008

NCLB might be losing the highest students, but it is also causing the loss of the middle-of-the-line student's electives.

Teacher Observations: Principals vs. the Union

Teacher Observations: Principals vs. the Union

By on May 24, 2008

Why does the union stand in the way of getting rid of a bad teacher? Doesn't that undermine the work of other teachers?

Don’t Knock the Less Experienced Teacher

Don’t Knock the Less Experienced Teacher

By on May 23, 2008

I know the use of new teachers in harder-to-teach classrooms is frowned upon, but maybe they have some pros in the face of so many cons: energy, passion, and flexibility.

Career Sampling: Dave Saba comment

Career Sampling: Dave Saba comment

By on April 4, 2008

This is a response to Dave Saba's blog on the amount of careers an average 18-40 will have in their lifetime. Will it effect education? Maybe for the better.

“If a child can’t learn the way we teach…”

“If a child can’t learn the way we teach…”

By on March 12, 2008

"If a child can't learn the way we teach, we have to teach the way they learn." Change is hard but necessary to our goal of teaching students.