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That’s right. Only one parent needs to complain to entice an entire school district to remove dictionaries from schools. Nope, this isn’t a Fark.com news item ( yet as far as I know). This is an entire school district removing a specific edition of dictionaries Read More...
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Tonight was Open House, and all went quite well. Personally, I’m not really a big fan of the perfunctory process of the Open House song and dance. However, I also recognize that it’s not about me (perish the thought) but is really a PR moment for me and Read More...
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President Obama gave his speech to students today on C-SPAN, and I had not planned on having my students watch it since it’s not directly germane with the course of study; however, my students requested to watch it, and I let them. Here is the transcript. Read More...
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In an article by Aki Mori , he notes that the schools in which he taught succeeded or failed, not because of teacher quality, but because of parental involvement. He essentially sums up his argument by saying: “High-performing schools (and districts) Read More...
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Maybe you have seen the shoulders scrunched in together, the head down, the hand at the side of the thigh, or the trips to the restroom at the same time each day. I have and I know it means the dreaded text messaging occurring during class time has struck Read More...
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We had a bit of a tangential discussion in class yesterday centering on the question “Who are today’s heroes?” The kids did not think athletes were role models. Alex Rodriguez, Barry Bonds, Shawne Merriman , Floyd Landis , Shawn Kemp , Tim Donaghy , the Read More...
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Student Journalism + Sex = Censorship. The formula holds true once again. Student journalists bring to light the relaxed morality of some students, and administrators want to restrict the free speech rights of the young. Despite the important information Read More...
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As I watched the highlights of the Sunday NFL games, one coach was asked about his team’s one-point loss. He replied, “We shouldn’t have been in that position” and said that the final drive of the game for the opponent did not decide the game. He noted Read More...
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The peanut butter bandit in the small Cascade Mountain town of Wenatchee just received four days in jail . Here’s the story: A former Wenatchee High School student will spend four days in jail for smearing peanut butter on the forehead of a fellow student Read More...
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If you have taught teenagers, then you know to expect sleepy students during the first periods of the day. While we may be apt to chide students for not getting enough sleep, researchers say this may be due to simple biology . Teenagers need 8-10 hours Read More...
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Check out how this challenge to Grendel by John Gardner was unsuccessful. Or was it? Students who choose not to read the book now may have an alternative, and notes must be sent home for permission to read the book in class. I would take issue with both Read More...
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In March of this year I posted about the Emerald Ridge student newspaper and how proud I am of student journalists who raise difficult issues. Now, a small group of students quoted in the JagWire story are suing the Puyallup School District over the oral Read More...
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During the Holocaust unit with the Butterfly Project I discussed yesterday, I also do the following: show Schindler’s List after school, have the students compose a diction analysis with The Chosen , show (in a period) the Oprah episode with Eli Wiesel Read More...
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Parents in a recent survey say teachers should stop blaming them for poor student performance. I agree to an extent. Parents are not 100% responsible for their students’ successes or failures, but they do have an enormous effect. Without trying to determine Read More...
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An article in The Boston Globe details how one school district is “expanding a program that requires the parents of chronically truant public school students to appear before a probate judge.” Apparently, the program cut unexscused absences from 1072 Read More...
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