Articles Tagged “Superintendent Janet Barresi”
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A ‘Close Reading’ Of HB 1035
BY CLAUDIA SWISHER Close reading … we hear a lot about that in the Common Core Standards written by David Coleman. We’ve seen examples of his interpretation of the strategy. If this is, indeed, something we value in education, teachers should practice close reading in their own professional life. As always, we teach better when [...]
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Real Heroes
BY CLAUDIA SWISHER “Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.” – Bertolt Brecht, German writer I want to talk about heroes … those people who keep working, keep moving forward, even when they are not sure they’ll succeed; they persevere because they believe in their cause. I want to talk about teachers as [...]
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Throwaways
BY SHARON MARTIN We throw things away in Oklahoma. I worked for a principal once who would check kids out of school if they had missed too many days. They weren’t going to graduate anyway – too many absences – so he’d send them to get their GED, though I know of none who did. [...]
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Tempest In A Tea Party Pot
Editor’s Note: A state Senate committee on Monday took the first step toward neutering the State Board of Education, endorsing SB 718 by a party-line, 12-5 vote. If approved in its present form by both legislative houses and signed into law by the governor, the measure effectively would turn the state board into an advisory [...]
