Monthly Archives: June 2010
Movie Review: Waiting for Superman: Or just another Clark Kent playing dress-up?
Let me make this clear right away. I think this is a bad documentary. As a piece of journalism, it’s lazy and manipulative. As a “methodical dissection” of our public education system (which the film’s official movie site purports it to be), it falls far, far short. Continue reading
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The Teachable Moment: Seizing the Instants When Students Learn
by ALISTAIR BOMPHRAY Just wanted to pass on some congratulations to fellow education blogger, Rebecca Branstetter of Notes from the School Psychologist, who, after two long years, published her book, “The Teachable Moment: Seizing the Instants When Students Learn.” It’s an … Continue reading
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Another Year, Another Race: Taking our students from August to June
Gabrielle Lensch Plastrik reflects on the marathon that is teaching a year of high school English. Continue reading
Filed under Classroom Reflections, Essays
