Monthly Archives: April 2010
The Schoolyard Foodie: The Oakland Farm to School Network
The Schoolyard Foodie praises the Oakland Farm to School network and links to a recent podcast by KPFA’s Imogene Tondre. Continue reading
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Slow Your Roll, Education Reformers: Take Heed from the Wisdom of the Romantics and Simplify, Simplify, Simplify
Writer and English teacher, Tasha Keeble, looks to the Transcendentalists for the answer to our education crisis. Continue reading
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The Skills I Teach
A lot of English teachers teach a content-based curriculum. Most schools are set up to encourage that arrangement. For instance, I am assigned United States’ Literature and European Literature as my classes. While I keep my literature selections to the required geographical regions and work as best I can with the history class that pairs with mine, I try as hard as I can to shape my curriculum around teaching skills. Continue reading
Filed under Classroom Reflections, Essays
