Comments for Lily's Blackboard http://lilysblackboard.org Thu, 10 May 2012 17:59:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on In Case You Were Wondering What Educators Do On National Teacher Day… by Tom Meyer http://lilysblackboard.org/2012/05/in-case-you-were-wondering-what-educators-do-on-national-teacher-day/#comment-8191 Tom Meyer Thu, 10 May 2012 17:59:52 +0000 http://lilysblackboard.org/?p=1426#comment-8191 Lily, You continue to be out there for us. I love listening to you at RA, appreciated your visits to our State Delegation meetings in the past and this blog is nice. Keep doing what you are doing and thanks from me on behalf of many members who weren't (as I wasn't) aware of this blog. Tom Lily,

You continue to be out there for us. I love listening to you at RA, appreciated your visits to our State Delegation meetings in the past and this blog is nice. Keep doing what you are doing and thanks from me on behalf of many members who weren’t (as I wasn’t) aware of this blog.

Tom

]]> Comment on In Case You Were Wondering What Educators Do On National Teacher Day… by DOFOLLOW http://lilysblackboard.org/2012/05/in-case-you-were-wondering-what-educators-do-on-national-teacher-day/#comment-8140 DOFOLLOW Wed, 09 May 2012 12:26:14 +0000 http://lilysblackboard.org/?p=1426#comment-8140 My brother suggested I might like this website. He was once totally right. This post truly made my day. You cann't imagine simply how much time I had spent for this info! Thanks! My brother suggested I might like this website. He was once totally right. This post truly made my day. You cann’t imagine simply how much time I had spent for this info! Thanks!

]]> Comment on In Case You Were Wondering What Educators Do On National Teacher Day… by Megan Funk http://lilysblackboard.org/2012/05/in-case-you-were-wondering-what-educators-do-on-national-teacher-day/#comment-8112 Megan Funk Tue, 08 May 2012 18:57:17 +0000 http://lilysblackboard.org/?p=1426#comment-8112 Hi Lily, Love the post! I am a student intern at FindTheBest. I really like your site and would like to include it on our Blog Comparison for free. If you are interested, please contact me at mfunk(at)findthebest(dot)com and I can send you the details! Best, Megan Hi Lily,

Love the post! I am a student intern at FindTheBest. I really like your site and would like to include it on our Blog Comparison for free. If you are interested, please contact me at mfunk(at)findthebest(dot)com and I can send you the details!

Best,
Megan

]]> Comment on Affordable College is not a Luxury. It´s the Foundation of a Healthy Middle Class by Education Votes http://lilysblackboard.org/2012/05/affordable-college-is-not-a-luxury-it%c2%b4s-the-foundation-of-a-healthy-middle-class/#comment-8107 Education Votes Tue, 08 May 2012 17:17:23 +0000 http://lilysblackboard.org/?p=1395#comment-8107 [...] a charitable contribution. It’s an investment and…(it) benefits the country for generations,” wrote NEA Vice President Lily Eskelsen in a recent blog post, explaining how a federal student loan helped her pay for her education [...] [...] a charitable contribution. It’s an investment and…(it) benefits the country for generations,” wrote NEA Vice President Lily Eskelsen in a recent blog post, explaining how a federal student loan helped her pay for her education [...]

]]> Comment on In Case You Were Wondering What Educators Do On National Teacher Day… by In Case You Were Wondering What Educators Do On National Teacher Day – L. Eskelsen « Dublin Educators' Association http://lilysblackboard.org/2012/05/in-case-you-were-wondering-what-educators-do-on-national-teacher-day/#comment-8097 In Case You Were Wondering What Educators Do On National Teacher Day – L. Eskelsen « Dublin Educators' Association Tue, 08 May 2012 12:27:41 +0000 http://lilysblackboard.org/?p=1426#comment-8097 [...] Eskelsen, Lily.  ”In Case You Were Wondering What Educators Do On National Teacher Day…”  Lily’s Blackboard.  May 7, 2012.  Retrieved from:  http://lilysblackboard.org/2012/05/in-case-you-were-wondering-what-educators-do-on-national-teacher-... [...] [...] Eskelsen, Lily.  ”In Case You Were Wondering What Educators Do On National Teacher Day…”  Lily’s Blackboard.  May 7, 2012.  Retrieved from:  http://lilysblackboard.org/2012/05/in-case-you-were-wondering-what-educators-do-on-national-teacher-… [...]

]]> Comment on Read Across America: I promise to read each day and each night… by lorne bucci http://lilysblackboard.org/2012/03/read-across-america-i-promise-to-read-each-day-and-each-night/#comment-8020 lorne bucci Sat, 05 May 2012 16:43:46 +0000 http://lilysblackboard.org/?p=1311#comment-8020 Yes, let's all read! And fund libraries! And "Let your kids choose their books"! Now if only we teachers could spend more class time having kids actually read! (http://literacyinleafstrewn.blogspot.com/) Yes, let’s all read! And fund libraries! And “Let your kids choose their books”! Now if only we teachers could spend more class time having kids actually read!

(http://literacyinleafstrewn.blogspot.com/)

]]> Comment on Affordable College is not a Luxury. It´s the Foundation of a Healthy Middle Class by Education Votes http://lilysblackboard.org/2012/05/affordable-college-is-not-a-luxury-it%c2%b4s-the-foundation-of-a-healthy-middle-class/#comment-7926 Education Votes Wed, 02 May 2012 16:56:57 +0000 http://lilysblackboard.org/?p=1395#comment-7926 [...] a charitable contribution. It’s an investment and…(it) benefits the country for generations,” wrote NEA Vice President Lily Eskelsen in a recent blog post, explaining how a federal student loan helped her pay for her education degree. “It is the [...] [...] a charitable contribution. It’s an investment and…(it) benefits the country for generations,” wrote NEA Vice President Lily Eskelsen in a recent blog post, explaining how a federal student loan helped her pay for her education degree. “It is the [...]

]]> Comment on Go to the Movies. Save a Life by Teachers Advocate http://lilysblackboard.org/2012/04/go-to-the-movies-save-a-life/#comment-7639 Teachers Advocate Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:34:05 +0000 http://lilysblackboard.org/?p=1370#comment-7639 We came to your blog after reding TeacherKen's diary about it. You are right on target: "How much greater a loss is that child’s self-respect, and sense of safety? Shouldn’t a dozen adults be running to protect those treasures?" It's a tragedy that in Gilbert, Arizona, a National Board Certified Teacher is being fired after reporting bulying and racial discrimination. The district preferred to sweep bullying under the rug, provoked the bully's parents into filing a complaint against the teacher, and brought 20 charges against her. The superintendent was anxious to humiliate and intimidate, but now that the teacher has demanded a public hearing, the process has slowed to a stop. This teacher is a member of NEA; the local president betrayed this teacher, telling a board member she is a "great teacher, just not suitable for the Gilbert environment." It makes you shudder to thing just what kind of a person is suitable for Gilbert Public Schools. Actually, the answer is demonstrated by this: not a single person in the administration lifted a finger to help the students who were victims of bullying. The story is online at WesternConnections.com -- the website has become a resource for other teachers in the district, especially those who have been intimidated into not "seeing" bulling so they don't have to report it, as required by state law. We came to your blog after reding TeacherKen’s diary about it. You are right on target: “How much greater a loss is that child’s self-respect, and sense of safety? Shouldn’t a dozen adults be running to protect those treasures?”

It’s a tragedy that in Gilbert, Arizona, a National Board Certified Teacher is being fired after reporting bulying and racial discrimination. The district preferred to sweep bullying under the rug, provoked the bully’s parents into filing a complaint against the teacher, and brought 20 charges against her. The superintendent was anxious to humiliate and intimidate, but now that the teacher has demanded a public hearing, the process has slowed to a stop.

This teacher is a member of NEA; the local president betrayed this teacher, telling a board member she is a “great teacher, just not suitable for the Gilbert environment.” It makes you shudder to thing just what kind of a person is suitable for Gilbert Public Schools. Actually, the answer is demonstrated by this: not a single person in the administration lifted a finger to help the students who were victims of bullying.

The story is online at WesternConnections.com — the website has become a resource for other teachers in the district, especially those who have been intimidated into not “seeing” bulling so they don’t have to report it, as required by state law.

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