Skip to main contentRemainders: What people think teachers say during vacation
By | February 22, 2012, 1:17am UTC - Things people think teachers say during break, and what they’re actually saying. (Ms Eyre/NY Educator)
- Diane Ravitch: New York’s new evaluations will continue a recent tradition of data-obsession. (NYRB)
- Aaron Pallas suggests that new evaluations account for measurement error. (GS Community/Hechinger)
- Teacher Deven Black is telling his high school-senior son not to be a teacher. (Education on the Plate)
- A teacher describes the projects of his past that he hasn’t found time to do with his students. (Mr. Foteah)
- A charter leader collects defenses of monetary fines for poor student behavior. (Starting an Ed School)
- One of the authors of the principals’ petition talks teacher evals from a student’s view. (Answer Sheet)
- Newly released data in D.C. shows high expulsion rates at some charter schools. (D.C. Schools Insider)
- A top Teach for America recruit in New Haven is weighing whether she’ll stay there. (N.H. Independent)
- Geoffrey Canada delivered an ed-related clue during tonight’s teacher “Jeopardy!” (Relay GSE Twitter)
- A “story of transformation” from the student-centered Mission Hill School in Boston. (Sam Chaltain)
- A rousing call for more read-alouds in today’s classrooms. (The Book Whisperer via Core Knowledge)