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There was an opinion piece published last month in Harpers, a well-known magazine titled “Abolish High School”. High school, the…
There was an opinion piece published last month in Harpers, a well-known magazine titled “Abolish High School”. High school, the…
This year we have looked at ways to increase leadership roles and opportunities for our students. One role we created…
A quality evaluation is a beginning; a useless one, an end. That’s the conclusion I draw from a quote by…
This year, I have been participating in the second pilot year of the Teacher Leadership Initiative. This program is a…
As a special education teacher, one of my important responsibilities includes writing Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) for students. IEPs are educational…
Everywhere I turn today, “accountability” is suffocating the life out of schools, teachers, and administrators. Accountability looms large in high-stakes…
People do not care about public education! That was the message that many Arizonan educators received back in November as…
Despite the stereotype that teachers spend the last few weeks showing movies, I find the opposite to be true at…
I was so proud of my very first Stories From School blog. It shed light on an interesting subject, related…