A Teacher on Teaching

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Hiking in Glacier National Park

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Part of the trail to Grinnell Glacier, Glacier National Park. The question for today: Can you fire students with an interest in the ...
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Saturday, August 23, 2014

Is Getting Rid of Tenure the Answer? Or Should Teachers Stop Breathing?

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I’m just a typical retired teacher. I probably shouldn’t let the flurry of attacks on public school teachers bother me. But I do. For t...
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Problems Beyond Teachers' Control

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Problems Beyond Teachers' Control See if you can figure out which of these problems would be eliminated (or even reduced) if teacher...
Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Best Seating Chart Ever

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I adopted this arrangement after I read it helped with discipline. I taught seventh and eighth grades. Like any young teacher, I found k...
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Friday, July 18, 2014

Teachers: Are You Part of the Lunatic Fringe?

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Teachers: are you part of “the lunatic fringe?” Considering the results of a recent poll you probably are. Only  1 in 4 American s  said th...
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Sunday, June 29, 2014

Finland Has Better Teachers, Better Colleges! And Fluffier Kittens!

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Do nations like Finland and South Korea really beat us in education? And kittens? I’m getting sick of hearing about how this countr...
Thursday, June 26, 2014

Is the Teaching Profession at Risk?

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It’s not quite right to say a recent link on the Facebook page of Waiting for Superman surprised me. My reaction was more like: “Holy crap...
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