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When did teachers become the enemy?
I was having a conversation the other day with a recent graduate of my high school. This person was shocked at how bad education is, because they are in college and doing well. All the things they hear in the media was creating a huge cloud over their head because they had a great high…
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Defending knowledge and facts against ignorance
I kind of reached a breaking point last week. No, wait. I did reach a breaking point last week. I will no longer sit by when I hear people say obviously wrong things. You know, the kind of wrong things about teaching and what affects teaching you hear every day if you watched Faux News.…
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Extrinsic v. Intrinsic rewards (ie. merit pay or not)
I don’t often post political issues here, but I was doing a bit of reading this morning and felt the need to consolidate some of the posts as well as express some opinions on the issues. Of course, we all read the news, and know of the constant and abusive attacks on teachers and education…