My friend said to me, “I missed the President’s speech. What’d he say? Give me hope.”
Ok.
He talked a lot about jobs.
She said, “Jobs? Give me hope about schools!”
I reminded her that he gave us a down-payment on his promise to make education a priority by not only including jobs protection in the [...]
Posts from ‘January, 2010’
State of the Hopeful Union
Tiny Bubbles
They’re the kids who didn’t quite hit the cut score on the No Child Left tests the previous year. Or those that just barely hit it. The goal was to get off the Adequate Yearly Progress Shame List where her school had been placed because not enough of their students had hit the cut score
Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Back those many years ago, our school district decided not to close for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Instead, the board encouraged schools to incorporate appropriate activities into the school day.
Did You Do It On Purpose?
What is the purpose we’re trying to achieve in a public school? As a Utah teacher, I can stretch a dollar until you can see through it. Our state legislature has achieved its purpose: Spend as little as possible on public schools.
