Friday, January 12, 2018

Rethinking Graduation. Assessments or Opportunities?

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I was encouraged this week to read story after story regarding the Ohio State School Board’s rethinking of the Graduation Requirement. As it...
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Friday, December 29, 2017

This Year’s Resolutions

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Be more humane. The process of determining resolutions for the New Year is difficult at best and impossible at worst. After all, if I were t...
Tuesday, December 19, 2017

The Gift of Hope.

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I just overheard this kid say something like, “Man, I didn’t do all this work for 12 years for them not to let me graduate.” He’d just retak...
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Saturday, December 2, 2017

Remediation & Belief

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On Monday I finish the American History remediation course for the fall. Retakes are this coming week. I’ve spent the last 8 weeks teaching ...
Saturday, November 4, 2017

It’s Time to Email Everyone Again, Having Become Convinced No One is Paying Any Attention.

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So, the Graduation Crisis is  once again a problem . The Graduation Requirement has not changed, so obviously there’s still a problem, unles...
Wednesday, October 18, 2017

A Few Run on Sentences Regarding the Exaggerated Demise of the Graduation Problem.

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One: Not Encouraging. This week, Ohio’s School Board was entertained with a presentation from the Ohio Department of Education, seemingly me...
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Saturday, September 16, 2017

Same With the State Report Card.

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The Ohio State Report Cards were released this week, so as a teacher in an urban district, I've been splitting my time between rage and ...
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