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Tag: Teaching
Posted inFilm
‘If we burn out, who’s here for the kids?’
The problems with public schools seem like a broken record, but leave it to the NBC hit show Abbott Elementary, perhaps premiering at the right time . . . to make people think critically about the state of education in America’s major cities.
Posted inBlogs
Why children are coming north from Honduras
A teacher reflects on how she saw violence affecting daily life in the Central American country.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
The school model that’s good enough for President Obama and Mayor Emanuel
If unionized teachers are good enough for Mayor Emanuel’s kids, why not the public schools?
Posted inNews & Politics
A tough lesson about the N-word
Should a Chicago Public Schools teacher have used “nigger” in a sixth-grade class?
Posted inBlogs
Not teaching to the test
Do children learn more from direct instruction or from their own active exploration?
Posted inBlogs
Is there a teacher in the house?
You’ll laugh, then you’ll cry: a teacher tells it like it is.
Posted inBlogs
Mysteries of science
Physics tools of unknown origin, underrated native foods, and cough syrup with a kick.
Posted inBlogs
“I’m really sorry, but I’m going to give a lecture today . . .”
James Redfield’s back-to-school comments: “Students do complain a lot when we don’t tell them what it is that we know.”
Posted inBlogs
In the new world, everyone gets rated all the time
Everything’s on your permanent record now