It seems that every other teacher who is leaving the profession is becoming an industrial designer. It’s as if all of these departing educators have been suppressing their graphic designer ambitions all this time. Is it possible that there are so many people out there …
Read MoreSisyphus of the Classroom
As a special ed teacher, part of my job is to “push into” classrooms and assist my kids as they do their class work. The law is specific about the distinction between “pushing in” vs “pulling out”. The latter refers to taking kids out of …
Read More“Kid can’t read at seventeen/the words he knows are all obscene/but it’s alright”
For this year’s state exams, my school has a target rate of something like 57% proficient. This means that almost half of the kids across the entire school are not expected to demonstrate grade-level reading and writing abilities by the end of the school year. …
Read MoreKeeping the faith
I work in a Title 1 public school with a predominantly Black population. Our current goal is for something like 55% of the school to score “Proficient” on this year’s state exams. This means that we admit that almost half of the kids are not …
Read MoreDo who?? Do YOU!
In my district, we are required to attend without extra pay two after-school events per semester. The events range from things like teacher/parent conferences to science fairs to chorus concerts. It’s no big deal as most of the events don’t run that late. A few …
Read MoreHere we go….
It’s been a while since I wrote 12s Can’t Get 3s. I live far away (both physically and emotionally) from Exemplary Charter Schools. I’m now a special education teacher in a Title 1 public school. From this vantage point it’s easy to see just how …
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