The Testing Window

Ohio releases completely invalid state report cards this week which label my fellow teachers and myself, as well as our students, as fai...

So, the 2016 Ohio School Report Card will be released this morning, and the results will be predictable. Having had students grind through ...

This week my sophomores received their state scores in the mail, so we had a conversation to clarify the graduation requirements and th...

As anyone with even a passing familiarity with this blog knows, I find the tying of high stakes decisions to standardized assessments to be ...

Alright, I'm 10 days into the new school year and I feel like I can safely say that I've been assigned to teach an incredibly pleasa...

That's T-bone. Now, this may sound like I've lost my mind, but I think he knows that I go back to school next week. I know what...

“It has always seemed strange to me...The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feel...