Thursday, January 28, 2016

420

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Years ago I had a student in class who liked to quote himself. He'd say something like, "Well, if I could quote myself..." and...
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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

I never would've guessed.

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From the article... The Ohio Department of Education agrees that the trend is clear. Chris Woolard, the department's head of accountabil...
Friday, January 15, 2016

And so, the release of more meaningless data OR three more reasons I'm happy to be an Elyria teacher.

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So, the ODE released the K-3 Literacy Rating as well as graduation rates, corresponding scores and some other data. By all counts, there are...
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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

I decided to be a teacher so that I can spend my free time defending public schools, dodging verbal abuse, suffering uninformed criticism,disseminating information to the contrary, studying pending legislation, and lobbying legislators.

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I get asked often why I became a teacher.  To be fair, there are a lot of reasons.  To be honest, it wasn't a decision I was equippe...
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Sunday, December 13, 2015

"An Assessment Written By Ohio Teachers"

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Much has been made of the new and improved testing system that will be rolled out this spring. With its shorter assessments and elimination...
Friday, December 4, 2015

Assessments and Poverty

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Say what you will about the "Every Child Succeeds Act," it ain't no Race to the Top, nor is it No Child Left Behind. Yes, ther...
Friday, November 20, 2015

"Proficient or Above" or "Why do I have to deal with this shit?"

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Ohio released its preliminary scores today for the next generation assessments administered last spring. In them they indicate the percentag...