Archive for August, 2014

Ode on a Boring Inservice

Ode on a Boring Inservice

Featured Articles, The Shift, Uncategorized August 25, 2014 at 10:13 pm Comments are Disabled

Low Song By John Wolfe   (Composed and Revised during the October 5, 2010 Managing Projects& Setting Priorities Staff Training Session, 10:00 to 11:30)   […]

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Don’t EVER Say That Again! Our List of the Worst Buzz Words in Education

Don’t EVER Say That Again! Our List of the Worst Buzz Words in Education

Featured Articles, The Shift August 24, 2014 at 6:56 pm 5 comments

By John Wolfe and Rita Platt We HATE some of the latest buzz-words in education. Don’t get us wrong, we love teaching and learning. We […]

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Zealous Supporters and Detractors of the Common Core State Standards are Both Wrong

Zealous Supporters and Detractors of the Common Core State Standards are Both Wrong

Featured Articles, The Edge of Education, The Shift August 24, 2014 at 5:24 pm 2 comments

By John Wolfe and Rita Platt A new poll has come out that suggests the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are losing teacher support. That […]

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AR Killed My Dog and Now It’s Coming for YOU! A Defense of Accelerated Reader and a Plea for Less Drama

AR Killed My Dog and Now It’s Coming for YOU! A Defense of Accelerated Reader and a Plea for Less Drama

Education 2.0, Featured Articles August 20, 2014 at 12:47 am 10 comments

By Rita Platt With John Wolfe Well, I’ve done it. I’ve had a Twitter-feud. You know you’re not going  to change anyone’s mind by arguing […]

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Fighting Tenure? Really? Like That’s Gonna Help Anything

Fighting Tenure? Really? Like That’s Gonna Help Anything

Featured Articles, The Shift August 10, 2014 at 10:11 pm 2 comments

The internet is abuzz with talk about teacher tenure. Not only is Twitter alive with #WithoutTenure, Whoopi Goldberg and Bill Maher have recently weighed in with uninformed opinions.  But, […]

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