Archive for the ‘education’ Category

Why we know less than ever about the world

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Wonderful speech from TED Talks that I wanted to share with you. Found it here.
“Alisa Miller, head of Public Radio International, talks about why — though we want to know more about the world than ever — the US media is actually showing less. Eye-opening stats and graphs.”

No Child Left Behind - The Football Version

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

I received this as an email and I thought it was good enough to post on my blog. In my opinion, it really puts NCLB in perspective.
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND - The Football Version
1. All teams must make the state playoffs and all MUST win the championship. If a team does not win the championship, [...]

If, as a teacher,

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

I found this via The Fischbowl and thought it made a lot of sense. I am going to try and find a high quality version and post it near my desk at work. I encourage you to pass it on to fellow educators as well.

Conferences

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Last night I spent 3.5 hours after school in my room for parent teacher conferences, and it was a record breaking night. I only had two conferences last night, a new low record for me. Usually the spring parent teacher conferences are slower, but I have never had a single digit number before, let alone [...]