The Frustrated Teacher

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Keith Olbermann is right on the money! I appreciate his outrage. Hillary's RFK allusion is just disgusting and unforgivable. I can&#...

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I don't know about you, but I am having a hard time refuting anything this guy has ever said. Check out his poster explaining our curr...

Check it out! You know the answer to the question, Is Barack Obama A Muslim?

This little gem, and the graphic that goes with it (shown here) is a very smart take-down of the "improve your weaknesses" argumen...

Obama discusses the problem: families. Once a kid is behind, she stays behind.

Well, there isn't one according to this WAPO article and Sarah Mead . See what I mean about educational research? It simply sucks!

Edwize has an interesting post up about the Education think-tanks and their ties to........MONEY! Check it out.

Daniel T. Willingham talks about "levels of analysis" and how the studies screw it up. The gist is that 95% of the research is c...

Ever since tracking was deemed anathema, our schools have been suffering. There my be no causal relationship, or, there my be. I have long...

Here is a review of some reading strategies used to improve student comprehension. I think the above chart speaks for itself. Most of the...

As if we didn't know that! The LA Times has a piece you should read. Money quote: There is a huge difference in the number of words and...

In the faculty meeting on Wednesday we were treated to an explanation of ULSS (an intervention program) as envisioned by the ULSS team, whic...

Should we give merit pay (or tenure) to teachers based on the state scores? I think it's a bad idea, but with my scores , I wouldn'...