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Tag Archives: school
Pandemic Plusses: James McMurtry Shares a Great Notion
Amid all the Coronavirus blues we got going on, there are some moments to applaud. Celebrities are giving online performances or reading children’s books (the LeVar Burton/Neil Gaiman exchange was beautiful, and worth Googling), or adapting to quarantine and doing … Continue reading
Sleepless Nights from School Daze
I woke up from a dream in which i was struggling to play Stanley Clarke’s “School Days” and stressing that I could not play that complicated baseline well. when my dream cleared, i realized I was really fretting about this … Continue reading
Posted in America, education, politics, pop culture, teaching, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged #CommonCore, #Danielson, #NJEA, #teachers, #Teachscape, #tenure, education, school, teaching
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Class Warfare Should be a War on Ignorance
I would like to comment a bit on a fascinating book I read entitled Class Warfare by Stephen Brill. This nonfiction work chronicles the last few decades in American education battles, focusing on efforts to radically change how American students … Continue reading
Posted in America, education, kids, parenting, politics, pop culture, teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged #Brill, #charter schools, #class, #classrooms, #government, #NJEA, #students, education, school, teaching
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XBox Boyz: Is Virtual Hanging Out Better?
So it was last Friday night, my wife and I were going to a former student’s grad school graduation party, and our twin boys, 15, were staying home for the night. In my day, this often meant instant party as … Continue reading
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Tagged #boys, #hanging out, #internet, #Nazi zombies, #social networking, #XBox, parenting, school, teaching
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No Filter Required: Classroom Tempers in the Digital Age
A petite student called me an “asshole” in class the other day. Dropped the “F” bomb, invited me to write her up, and stormed out of my class when I informed her that leaving was an option. This got me … Continue reading
Hello world!
Teaching is like being a parent, parenting always involves teaching, and when you do both, the lines blur. This blog will explore issues in the classrooom, and at home that come up when I try to be fair but functional … Continue reading
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Tagged cursing, Dad, education, family, fatherhood, home, parenting, respect, school, teachable moment, teaching, teens, writing
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