Last week we looked at the college for all mentality that has become a staple of the country’s educational mantra. As we examined the case for alternatives to the four year degree, we largely spoke in concepts. Today I’d like to share a great video that gives you specific statistics on the change in our […]
With the implementation of Common Core and an increased emphasis on college & career readiness, the government and educational community have been touting college for all. Every student should be college bound. A college degree is the key to success. College admission is the standard by which we judge our value. And yet while we […]
This weekend I spent a lot of time at school, supervising a field trip on Saturday and a building rental on Sunday. In that time I wasn’t the only one in the building and my activities weren’t the only ones going on. In fact if you hadn’t looked at your calendar before arriving in the […]
Final Exams. Two words that stir anxiety in students like no others. It seems that this time of year as many in the general public are preparing for the holidays, those of us in schools are preparing for final exams. For educators, final exams signal the end of the semester and the start of a […]
I often wonder if the public education system could learn a thing or two from the business world. No were not simply turning out a product each year in the form of high school graduates, but in many ways we are selling a product. Education. For those of you who completely ignore the holiday shopping […]
Technology has become a mainstay of the educational community. Many districts have made the development of 21st Century skills a priority for students and staff alike. Certainly we can see the ways technology has impacted society and the economy, but how has technology impacted and education and how can we best utilize our tech resources? […]
Earlier this week I wrote about a guidance seminar I ran with my students. The connections formed between courses and careers that day certainly made an impact on students, but that wasn’t the only successful connection that took place. While Courses to Careers was a guidance seminar, it was truly a school wide undertaking. The […]
Yesterday I had the opportunity to lead a guidance seminar called Courses To Careers. During their lunch period, students came down to our meeting room to hear about the wide variety of courses offered in the building. Now this is important from a scheduling perspective because students need to know what is available to them […]
Last week we looked at the shifts CCSS shifts brought to math. This week lets look at the shifts in English Language Arts (ELA). Like with math, it’s easy to gloss over ELA and say, ‘I don’t teach English, this doesn’t apply to me.’ How untrue that thought would be. Built into the ELA standards […]
Common Core, two words that are making even experienced teachers shudder. The accountability movement of the 1990s led to an increased focus on testing and standards. As testing became more integrated into our daily lives as educators it became clear that each classroom having their own standards would no longer work. And as such Common […]
