Monthly Archives: July 2012

What the FUD?

Posted on July 20, 2012 by fsjenner

Rhymes with crud. Sorry to offend, but this has got to be an all-time perfect blog title. You know when you have this strange, nagging feeling that there is something going on, something out there, just beyond your ken (an … Continue reading →

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Don’t Just Nod Your Head,…

Posted on July 19, 2012 by fsjenner

I had not thought about the head-nodders for a while. I remember sitting in a class in high school or college and watching a kid (or two) nod his/her head at most of what the teacher said. It was distracting, … Continue reading →

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Who’s Your Daddy?

Posted on July 9, 2012 by fsjenner

Read it. From Rethinking Schools–a terrific progressive publication about schools and education and teaching and learning. The New Misogyny: What it means for teachers and classrooms This is going to seem pretty far out there to some folks, but I … Continue reading →

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Bonus Bingo

Posted on July 8, 2012 by fsjenner

Reading blogs can become a major distraction, but can also be a good source of information and ideas. Like this piece I saw tucked away in a response to a post on Diane Ravitch’s Blog on how the implementation of a new … Continue reading →

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Posted on July 8, 2012 by fsjenner

Good and ecologically sound practice for helping to protect the environment. Reduce the amount of material that would untimately need disposal; learn to reuse items instead of just throwing them away; recycle materials–put them back into the production stream and keep them … Continue reading →

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Careers That Last–Ways to Save the Teaching Profession

Posted on July 8, 2012 by fsjenner

I love ASCD (formerly known as the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development). Their monthly publication Educational Leadership has always been good, but in the past 3-4 yours, it has been outstanding. Right on target; up-to-date and even ahead of … Continue reading →

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Stacking the Deck

Posted on July 7, 2012 by fsjenner

Diane Ravitch creates multiple posts almost every day on her blog titled Diane Ravitch’s Blog. I am in awe of her. She recently admitted to her loyal readers–I am one–that she needed to cut back to blogging only five days … Continue reading →

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