It’s Snowing: Fire the Teachers
Like many other parts of the country, the Northeast has experienced a particularly harsh winter, which, in many districts has resulted in repeated delays as well as a number of lost school days. Many...
View ArticleDon’t Fire Them! Fire Them Up!
Is firing principals and teachers going to turn around struggling high-poverty high schools? Apparently, President Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan do. According to today’s Washington Post...
View ArticleIf your school has high course failure rates, it’s about time!
At this time of the school year many secondary schools, at least those with a diverse mix of students from various racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds, are concerned with the number of...
View ArticleNinth Graders: Still Overwhelmed?
“It’s a huge transition. They come in at 14 and they leave as adults.” Ninth Grade-Our Last Chance I learned from experience that a successful ninth grade experience predicted future high school...
View ArticleA High Tolerance: Late Start Dates Hurt College-Bound Students
A late school start aimed at tourism revenue undermines the efforts of college-bound students and parents. After a friend of mine personally witnessed the horrific traffic in the Washington, D.C. area,...
View ArticlePLN: Your Customized Learning Plan
Create your own Personal Learning Network (PLN) by tapping into the collective intelligence of hundreds or even thousands of your fellow educators through Twitter and other technologies. Find out how...
View Article9/11: What was it like to be a principal on that day?
Principals and teachers working in diverse, high-poverty schools are constantly challenged, even on a normal school day. In addition to the need to raise the achievement of each and every one of our...
View ArticleSchool Technology: Still Dabbling Around the Edges
Technology and diets have one thing in common. Neither works unless you work them, and, when it comes to school technology, for the most part, we educators are more like dabblers than implementers. In...
View ArticleFour Days Make a School Weak
by Stuart Singer, The Teacher Leader On August 31 “NBC Nightly News” Brian Williams moved into a commercial break with a tease of his next segment. “As more and more school districts are moving to a...
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