When do we stop chewing their food?
- Posted by David Coffey
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The birds have found the feeder. We moved it and a suet holder closer to the house this winter since the trees that used to shelter them were cut down over the summer. I was afraid that their proximity to the house might frighten the birds, but it has not been a problem. In fact, it has made it easi...
All School Districts to Have Anti-Bullying Policies
- Posted by Shawn Bultsma
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I received the following email that I would like to share with the greater public community. The announcement of Matt's Safe School Law brings to fruition the work of many child and student advocates who would like to bring an end to bullying as documented in my blog from March 2, 2011 and told in...
Teens With an Ax to Grind
- Posted by Kathryn Coffey
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In the spring of 2005, when my youngest son A.J. took our state's high-stakes standardized test, the MEAP, (now the MME) he had an ax to grind. Unfortunately, no one really knew how angry he was until after he took the exam. I received a call from the principal requesting a meeting.
The End of Service-Learning
- Posted by Eddie Vieira
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The end? Well, not exactly. Scratch that - not at all. I thought I was going to be writing about the amazing time I had in Atlanta, Georgia the at the NYLC National Service-Learning Conference. I mean, how pumped up can a person in my line or work feel surrounded by thousands of others who are as ex...
Language Sticklers
- Posted by Elizabeth Stolle
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http://schott.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/guest-post-robert-lane-greene-on-language-sticklers/
When reading this post, I was struck with Greene's idea that more Americans are writing today (versus a century ago) because technology is providing new venues for us to write. He writes,
The Blame Game : Teachers Are Always Good Targets
- Posted by Dr. Roger Wilson
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Below is a link to an op-ed piece by Diane Ravitch, a well known educational historian and former assistant secretary of education under President Ronald Reagan, the misperception of whose legacy has made him a darling of the right (see here).
"Bullied" Screening Shows Importance of Talking About the Issue
- Posted by Clay Pelon
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Recently the College of Education Inclusion Committee hosted an event centered on the movie Bullied. This movie, available for free to educators here, was produced by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary...
- Posted by Forrest Clift
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I was recently part of a discussion of educators from all walks of life – new, novice, elementary, secondary, higher education – and the topic turned to nursery rhymes and someone mentioned that with today’s “results driven” requirements and assessment-based measurements, nursery rhymes we...
Public School Employees and the Limits of “Free Speech”
- Posted by Rick Geisel
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The recent case of Fox v. Traverse City Area Public Schools (2010 WL 1948203) serves as a good reminder that the speech of public school employees is not always “protected speech” as most of us have come to understand that term in the context of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constituti...
