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Measuring teacher effectiveness: Day 4
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Measuring teacher effectiveness: Day 3
If you haven't followed the prior few days…Added by Alan Sitomer on March 10, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments
Measuring teacher effectiveness: Day 2
As I discussed yesterday, when it comes to…Added by Alan Sitomer on March 9, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments
Measuring teacher effectiveness: Day 1
These past few days I have been blogging about this idea of measuring teacher effectiveness. To do this properly, the rule seems to me that the powers-that-be are going to have to use multiple…Added by Alan Sitomer on March 8, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments
Are we, as teachers, hiding something that causes us to not want to have our effectiveness measured?
Are we hiding something? Really, are…Added by Alan Sitomer on March 6, 2010 at 6:30am — 1 Comment
If we can put a man on the moon, we can certainly measure teacher effectiveness.
Think about the immense accomplishment of safely putting a human being on the moon and then returning that person back home to planet earth. Truly, it's almost unreal when you think about the size and scope of…Added by Alan Sitomer on March 5, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments
Dr. Seuss is my Homeboy!
Tuesday was…Added by Alan Sitomer on March 3, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments
Pew, Millennials and Bubbles
I really like the…Added by Alan Sitomer on March 1, 2010 at 6:00am — No Comments
OK... I'm Baaaaaccckkk!!
Obviously, I am some kind of addict…Added by Alan Sitomer on February 26, 2010 at 6:00am — No Comments
And so I pause...
I am going to take a break from blogging for…Added by Alan Sitomer on February 23, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments
I just got spit on. That's right, spit on. By a student.
I just got spit on. That's right, spit on.…Added by Alan Sitomer on February 19, 2010 at 6:00am — 3 Comments
When Peers Face the Dragon... and Come Out on the Other Side
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Why do we not spend more time teaching "functional literacy" to our kids?
Added by Alan Sitomer on February 16, 2010 at 6:00am — 6 Comments
CATE - The California Association of Teachers of English
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Give me kids any day of the week.
On Monday we had a…Added by Alan Sitomer on February 10, 2010 at 6:30am — 1 Comment
All heed Nancie Atwell - and ignore her work at our collective peril.
Nancie Atwell recently…Added by Alan Sitomer on February 9, 2010 at 6:00am — No Comments
Whoosh! Ka-BOOM! The sound of a deadline colliding with reality.
As a writer, one of my favorite quotes about writing comes from Douglass Adams. He says: "I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by."Too funny, right?
Well, it seems as if George Dubya Bush, once again, has a preposterous amount of egg on his face. Why? Because he set forth a ridiculous deadline that no one in the field of education (no one worth their salt, I should say) ever though would possibly be made and… Continue
Added by Alan Sitomer on February 5, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments
A Friday Smile...
One day at school, the children in class began to identify the flavors of Life Savers by each of their colors:Red.....................Cherry
Yellow.................Lemon
Green...................Lime
Orange ..............Orange
Finally the teacher gave them all HONEY lifesavers. None
of the children could identify the taste.
The teacher said, 'I will give you all a clue. It's what your
mother may sometimes call your… Continue
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"Cause our stupid schools sure ain't," she said.
Last weekend I took my daughter to LACMA (the Los Angeles County Museum of Art). I hadn't been in a decade and WOW, was I blown away by the incredible experience.LACMA is a really good museum. And I like really good museums. Why I haven't been in more than 10 years, I have no idea.
Anyway, LACMA lured us to their museum with an offer of free art for kids. (My daughter's 3 1/2 so what a great way to spend a Sunday, right?) Of course, it was… Continue
Added by Alan Sitomer on February 4, 2010 at 6:30am — 2 Comments
Single-Taskers Will Rule the World!
I am kicking around a new book idea about the need for single-tasking in a world where people sing the praises a bit too loudly about the ability to multi-task.(But since I kick around new book ideas all the time, it's probably best just to blog about it and see if the itch is still there to scratch at the end of this post.)
Multi-taking, in the modern world, is something we all do. Talking on the phone while googling an address as someone speaks to you from the… Continue
Added by Alan Sitomer on February 3, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments
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