I went to an informational meeting for the parents of incoming special ed kindergartners and was struck by:
the increased enrollment (max 30) we are guaranteed to see in the general ed classroom, and the emphasis on the state standards to which the state and district will hold our children
The thought of my already [...]
Hello, Folks. Recently wrote Michael Moore to see what his position is re public ed. Could you imagine if he made a film in defense of our schools? Any rate, this is what I came up with. If you’d like to reach him you can do so here. As a special ed teacher with [...]
Giving tests–the California Standards Test, DIBELS, Woodcock-Johnson NU–all week to my special ed students has made me wonder on more than one occasion just what I’m trying to prove. Okay, I’m a little worn down. By the end of next week I will have given the End of Year (EOY) [...]
Heard during this week’s California Standards Test:
Student 1: This is easy.
Student 2: They want us to pass this year.
It sure seemed like it. Though my students still struggled with the English language test, unless I’m completely delusional (and I might be), the math test seemed [...]
Dear Ms. W.,
Thank you for:
-Always having patience with our son, S.
-Not overreacting when he shouted at his classmates or the couple of occasions when he hit them too. He didn’t mean to. He was very possessive of his best friend R. When R played with [...]
If you’re a macho man like myself don’t let teacher Suzanne Eisenberg get near you: she’ll make you wear a pink slip!
Music: Fleet Foxes
So watch out for Wireless Generation, a computerized assessment, grouping, and instruction environment playing in your neighborhood school soon. I had been trying to bring myself up to speed on its components so I can implement it in my RSP class when a support superwoman informed me via email that she [...]
Bobb (Emergency Manager of Detroit Public Schools) also plans to dismantle the public school board, the best advocates for schools like CFA. Elena Herrada, an appointed member of the Detroit Public School Board will be running for her seat in the fall regardless. She thinks [...]
Who was the teacher in this FSA photograph? Hard to say. But if she didn’t have a union to support her (and few did during the Great Depression) I can tell you what she didn’t have the right to be: pregnant. If she were pregnant the local school [...]
This excellent article presents a balanced picture of what is at stake in our changing educational environment. In this case the the debate is in North Carolina but the same issues affect us all:
The House debate was emotional. Rep. William Wainwright, D-Havelock, who is African-American, called the [...]
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