I recently had a visit by a beloved teacher. Below is a thank you note to a friend who brought us together:
Larry,
Thank you so much for reconnecting me with Chris Douglass. He came over yesterday for brunch and we spent a few hours catching up. They were a magical few [...]
Found this pathetic sight between buildings at our school–a piano abandoned and left naked to the elements. Kind of similar to what LAUSD is doing to our schools. Forget the arts and physical education; we’ll be lucky if we can teach anything pretty soon. With looming cuts, the board of [...]
Every morning when I open my classroom door there are parents sweeping the SLRDP preschool playground. It’s part of the deal. You want your kid to be ready for kindergarten, you have to do some work. Inside the SLRDP classroom I hear the children learning their letters (Who let the Y out? Y,Y,Y,Y.) [...]
Read this great article about the impact of homelessness on education. I share my comment below:
This is quite a beautifully written article, Scott, about a vitally important topic. For obvious reasons, I sympathize with the kids. As a special ed teacher myself, I have seen what negative impact homelessness [...]
Hey, check out this passage from Winner-Take-All Politics by Paul Pierson and Jacob S. Hacker. It helps explain how the rich–both liberal and conservative–have jacked the public education agenda, blaming kids and teachers instead of poverty for the ills of our schools. It is time that progressives to take [...]
Heard during this week’s California Standards Test:
Student 1: This is easy.
Student 2: They want us to pass this year.
It sure seemed like it. Though my students still struggled with the English language test, unless I’m completely delusional (and I might be), the math test seemed [...]
Dear Ms. W.,
Thank you for:
-Always having patience with our son, S.
-Not overreacting when he shouted at his classmates or the couple of occasions when he hit them too. He didn’t mean to. He was very possessive of his best friend R. When R played with [...]
So watch out for Wireless Generation, a computerized assessment, grouping, and instruction environment playing in your neighborhood school soon. I had been trying to bring myself up to speed on its components so I can implement it in my RSP class when a support superwoman informed me via email that she [...]
Talk to You Later-Notes to My Son: Day 132 of School
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