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Vol.#35: Do NC teachers really deserve more money?
Click to go to the video. Apologies that WordPress would not embed. Last week’s post got an insane amount of attention and was even featured in the news: It surprised me, to say the least. I spent the...
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Vol.#36: My Letter to Pat McCrory [Guest Post]
Monday, our State Superintendent June Atkinson released this statement with this opening line: “For the first time in my career of more than 30 years in public education, I am truly worried about...
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Vol.#41: The White Flag [Guest Post]
Image credit: Pixabay user Goemedien This week, four more teachers on my school’s staff announced that they are leaving the classroom for greener pastures. These losses are in addition to the language...
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Vol.#45: Why Doesn’t George Clooney Have to Deal With This Crap?
It was September 2000. My first year teaching. Greenville County, South Carolina. A math teacher on my hall, whose name escapes me now, left on maternity leave. The woman they got to sub for her was a...
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Vol.#55: Is the NC Goal “First in Teacher Flight”?
It may be only be six weeks after New Year’s, but already both the state of North Carolina and Wake County have grave concerns about filling the needed teaching positions for next school year. And so...
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VOL.#57: Open Letter to Senator Tillman [GUEST POST]
Image Credit: flickr user theparadigmshifter We have discussed the North Carolina General Assembly’s systematic dismantling of NC education from our unacceptable frozen salaries which rank us...
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Vol. #60: Save Your Wallet Fiscal Conservatives! Invest in Education!
The current misguided philosophy is that tax payers are paying for “results” (ie: standardized testing scores) out of their teachers. Besides the simple fact that standardized tests don’t measure...
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Vol.#78: Never The Destination
I read Karl Fisch’s great post over at The Fischbowl about the word “accountability” and how too many in education erroneously equate it with using standardized testing to justify educational actions...
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Vol.#85: Toil & Trouble
As testing season soon approaches, visions of #edreform dance like sugar plums in teachers’ heads… Just one of those that’s been dancing in mine. Carry on.
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