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26 Jul Breaking Bad: Will Walter White’s Tale Remain Fiction for Today’s Youth?

Posted at 19:53h in Jobs

As the hit AMC show Breaking Bad prepares to end its run this August, it is easy to see what made the show so compelling. In addition to the stellar writing and Emmy Award-winning performances, the premise of a high school chemistry teacher driven to...

26 Jul The Myth That Teachers Get Summers Off — Debunked

Posted at 19:49h in Education

Every kid looks forward to summer. You stay up later, sleep in, swim, and go to camp all day long. There's no homework or tests, and your family takes that long-awaited vacation. Truth be told, every teacher looks forward to summer as well. In many instances...

24 Jul If I Could Change One Thing About Our Education System It Would Be…

Posted at 20:07h in Education

A plethora of important issues regarding public education vie for attention today. This makes it difficult to choose one thing that I, as a veteran teacher, would change to improve education. However, after combining my own musings with what Katherine Bassett, the Executive Director of the...

22 Jul Math Matters: Why Our Students Must Not Fall Behind

Posted at 20:07h in Education

Thirty years ago, we learned from the report A Nation At Risk: the Imperative for Educational Reform that American students lagged far behind their international peers on a number of benchmarks. The findings expressed serious concerns about content, expectations, time, and teaching. The release of the report was...

19 Jul Op-Ed: We Are in Desperate Need of More Male Elementary School Teachers

Posted at 20:12h in Education

Early in my career, before I was married, I admit that I enjoyed all the comments and attention that came with being a male elementary school teacher. "Awww, that's so cute" or "You must be sensitive" were ones I heard quite often. I remember that even...

16 Jul The Ultimate Teacher-Approved Summer Learning Guide

Posted at 20:17h in Education

We are at the halfway point of summer and now is a great time to take advantage of the wonderful learning opportunities offered during the break. No longer constrained by the four walls of the classroom, a set curriculum, or standardized testing, summer activities help children...