Tag: retired teacher
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Six Things K-12 Education is Keeping From You and Your Student
Twenty-five years after 9/11 and retired from the classroom, I’m still incredulous that we powered through a state testing session before telling our students about the attack. Today, I‘m thinking about what else educators kept from kids during my own twenty-five years in the classroom… and what was kept from their parents. 1.) Your “permanent…
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Five Things I’ll Never Miss About the First Days of the New School Year
The moments raced, but the week went on and on: An odd paradox for the week that school resumed each year. Every afternoon, I dragged myself home and let Jerry tell me what was for supper and when. I was too exhausted from leaving a summer of haphazard fun and lack of responsibilities to the rigid…
