The Frustrated Teacher

So, the big state test is over. I can't wait to find out if my second grade students know how to read a histogram! There were so many ...

This article is enlightening, about a California High School, and how, when the teachers were given more control, student performance impro...

Yet another bit of evidence that all the legislated curricular nonsense is just that--NONSENSE!! When are we, the educators, going to stan...

The best way for a parent or community member to help a teacher is to write a letter to the principal and superintendent expressing your pro...

Many school districts are forced to purchase, institute, and receive staff development on, new curricular materials due to failing to meet N...

Pat Condell on DVD If you have never seen Pat Condell in action, you are definitely missing something. Richard Dawkins and Josh Tim...

Today is the first of four days we in second (and 3rd, 4th, and 5th) grade will begin the high-stakes test. I must cover all the stuff on m...

Hillary Clinton knows the white working class in Pennsylvania is sort of, well, racist. Even Tim Russert, who refers to them as "The D...

All the candidates have made some comment or another regarding the manufactured link between autism and vaccines. Read this link , and then...

I love this website! This is a map of Where the News Breaks.

Check this out, from eduwonkette ... Now updated with article and links What Can Other Professions Teach Us about Evaluation and Accountabil...

So, the CST scores are not to be used in any evaluation of teacher performance. Too bad for me.

40,000 Show up in Philly! Got Hope?

So, when a school does not meet NCLB requirements they are sanctioned. There is a choice of sanctions in some cases, and in many, if not mo...

I don't mean housing, though some of us teachers could use some decent housing! When I say a home, I mean a classroom that a teacher can...