Why Teach?
Why Teach? *** If you’re looking for the MATH TEACHER JOB POSTING, please click here. Sorry for the wrong link!! Why Teach is our new series exploring why people choose to become teachers. We’ll hear from a diverse mix of people – in college, just starting a career, lifelong educators, mid-career teachers, and ranking administrators. […]
No Progress in Test Results
No Progress in Test Results The NAEP results just came out. The huge importance of these tests is that there is no way to prepare for them because they are given only to a small portion of students who are chosen at random. The results also carry no consequence to the schools or the students. […]
UFT Wins Lesson Plan Grievance
UFT Wins Lesson Plan Grievance Just in: The UFT has announced that an independent arbitrator has ruled in the lesson plan grievance. Administrators can no longer mandate the content of a lesson plan. Listen to this post! Please share! From the UFT: In a resounding win for teacher professionalism and teacher voice, an arbitrator has […]
Letter From a Principal about Testing
A letter from a Principal about Testing (on Teacher Appreciation Day) This letter about testing was sent from a Principal in NYC to the staff in the school. We’ve reprinted the letter in its entirety. Listen to this post! Dear Colleagues, We are full swing into testing season. We have managed to survive the NYS […]
NYC Principal Addresses Testing
NYC Principal Addresses Testing: Liz Phillips, Principal at PS 321, addresses testing. Sign up for our Weekly Email For Email Marketing you can trust Share this!
School Counselor Hiring Freeze Lifted!
School Counselor Hiring Freeze Lifted! Listen to this post! Chancellor Farina addressed Principals this past weekend. Among her announcements: The School Counselor hiring freeze is lifted. Chancellor Farina gave her thoughts about addressing the “needs of the whole child.” She said that it was important to serve students’ emotional well being. Share this! This […]
Schools Are Not Businesses
Schools are not Businesses (and Kids Are Not Blueberries) I’m a sucker for a great story, and here’s one I want to share. (from Diane Ravitch’s Reign of Error, pp. 300-301) Listen to this story! A businessman named Jamie Vollmer was known for producing superpremium blueberry ice cream utilizing nothing but the best ingredients. He […]
Math Doesn’t Need to be Relevant
Math Doesn’t Need to be Relevant Listen to this post! I recently read two things that really struck me in the conversation about the practical applicability of learning. Here’s Gary Rubinstein, a math teacher in NYC describing a presentation he did at a math teacher’s conference. “The idea was that math doesn’t always have to […]
