News

City Moving To Strengthen Teacher Pool And Save Money,

By Jason | May 18, 2012 at 10:37 am | No comments

The Wall Street Journal has an article about how the city is changing the teaching pool by either buying out teachers or getting rid of them.  This cost cutting measure is usually set for older teachers who are at the higher pay grade. After years of trying to oust ineffective teachers by reforming the system, [...]

Editorial

A Teacher Talks About Evaluations

By Jason | October 27, 2011 at 9:34 am | No comments

Over at edweek.org, an interesting editorial article on teacher evaluations As one of my opening lessons on science lab safety, I use a scenario of students who create utter mayhem in the lab with glimpses of them also being safe. This anticipatory set is fun to read and students quickly identify things they should never [...]

Humor

I wish this weren’t true

By Jason | April 15, 2011 at 9:44 am | No comments

This is unfortunately a stark realty of a lot students these days Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up share via Reddit Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Bookmark in Browser Tell a friend

Talking Corner

Apparently Ronald Wolk Has The Answer To All Of Our Education Woes

By Jason | May 5, 2011 at 1:16 pm | No comments

I found this book “Wasting Minds” by Ronald Wolk quite interesting in which he lays it down straight on why we are losing our education battle.  He believes theres a mis-communication between the general public, politicians, and the education system.  He clears it up with some helpful ‘buzz word’ topics clarification 1. Students and teachers [...]

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