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Category Archives: Teacher Preparation
Teaching no “fallback” career
A great series of perspectives on the NY Times blog. A few random highlights: Some years ago I read the following quote: “No one, not even a farmer, works as hard as a caring teacher, but there is nothing lazier than … Continue reading
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Malcom Gladwell on hiring teachers
Gladwell is an original and arresting writer. I really like The Tipping Point (which has recently been cited in several education meetings I’ve attended). But I thought Blink flat-out stunk (read The Wisdom Of Crowds instead). Unfortunately, his essay on hiring, which schizophrenically jumps between American football players and teachers before … Continue reading
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More bodies to the rubber rooms
Apparently not yet shamed by the series of reports (NYT, Daily News, NY Post) on New York City’s rubber rooms where, under union rules, roughly 700 teachers collect salaries for not teaching with an estimated annual cost of over $60M, Randi Weingarten wants … Continue reading
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Allen Iverson: A Teaching Moment
I’m sorry to see Allen Iverson leave the Denver Nuggets, partly because my four-year-old son has an AI jersey, but also because he was one of my favorite teaching examples. One of the central debates on teachers is if one … Continue reading
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Straight from the teacher’s mouth
A very interesting blog at the NY times where “a group of teachers chronicle their experiences during the first weeks of the school, offering first hand accounts of today’s classroom challenges from diverse perspectives.“ I generally say we hear from people claiming … Continue reading
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How much experience is enough?
One of the accepted truisms of teaching is that you have to do it for a while before you are any good. The accepted amount of time varies: many people think teachers are only seasoned after 3 years, while I … Continue reading
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