Tag Archives: education

Inspired by the Worst

Many teachers will share that they became teachers themselves because they were inspired by a wonderful teacher in their lives. That is not my story. I knew from a very young age that I wanted to be a teacher. My … Continue reading

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#AtoZChallenge — Education

Let me share a few thoughts I have on education. As someone who has worked in the field for over 30 years and still has a little over a year to go, I feel I’ve earned the ability to speak … Continue reading

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#BloggingAtoZ — SBG

My post for today is a little bit of a cheat. I’d like to talk a little bit about standards-based grading (SBG). If you’re not familiar with SBG, it’s essentially a way of assessing student learning that focus on measuring … Continue reading

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I Earned This

I got an email this morning from TRS (Teachers’ Retirement System). Here is what it says: “In recent weeks, a new website identifying 30,000 TRS members as a “$100,000+ Salary & Pension Club” has been circulated via social media and … Continue reading

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E is for Education

It seems only natural to write about education considering I have been a teacher for almost 30 years. I graduated from college in December of 1989 and in January 1990, I took my first official teaching job. I took on … Continue reading

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Blogging A to Z — Kids

Today’s letter is the letter K in the Blogging A to Z Challenge, and I thought I’d write about kids. Not my own, because I have singular — KID. But now that I think about it, maybe I do mean … Continue reading

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The Unfairness of it All

I love to write.  That’s why I decided to throw this thing up there on the Internet.  Maybe some people will read what I write.  Maybe nobody will.  Regardless, I will write because it is what I love most of … Continue reading

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