Teaching Tolerance Gym Article Game Changers I will admit it – I am not athletically inclined. I’ve never been on a sports team and I was never excited about gym class. The opening sentence of this Teaching Tolerance article says “You might as well give me an ‘F’ now – get it out of the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Oregonian Art Article Funky Recycled Designs The organization, Junk to Funk, does, well, pretty much what the name says. It takes “junk” and makes it into “funky” items. Now, what does this have to do with learning and education? Well, as schools continue to face the recession and constant budget cuts – maybe the Junk […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Team Up with Scholastic to Survey Teaching Conditions Schools Learning from Business Okay, so when I read the title of this article, “Bill and Melinda Gates: Schools Need to Learn from Business.” My immediate reaction was, “Umm, no they don’t. Schools are not businesses Schools are not businesses and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Matt Damon Rallies with the Teachers Matt Damon at the SOS march Our schools, they really do need saving. Constantly teacher friends and I are talking about how education is going down the pooper and we (the teachers) need to be more proactive and make a difference. Which is why it was such a great […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
*Newsweek – Michelle Rhee http://www.newsweek.com/2010/12/06/why-michelle-rhee-isn-t-done-with-school-reform.html I just got this Newsweek issue; and although I haven’t finished it yet, I know it’s going to be a good article. I sort of wished that I lived in D.C. so I could get a better idea about what people there think of her. I’m assuming it isn’t all […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Bowie by Mark Spitz http://www.davidbowiebook.com/david-bowie-book.php I am always improving my David Bowie knowledge. I have at least six books, plus countless magazines, about David Bowie. And I have always felt that, the books at least, were always lacking. I am impressed and mesmerized by David Bowie and all that he can do. For me, I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
