What happens after the tests are over? – @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER

What happens after the tests are over? – @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER:

What happens after the tests are over?

by Chalk Face, PhD

Apparently, “Spirit Week!” Wait, isn’t learning supposed to be fun ALL YEAR ROUND? I guess not. Can we also think of new things to do in schools on these Spirit Days? I remember them as a teacher and an entire grade level wearing the same color really isn’t all that fun.

Maybe I’m being too cynical. But I remember Field Days at the end of the year. Classes had to pick a country. I recall teachers practically running down to the office to sign their classes up as the United States or France or something easy like that. We never really worried about that because we wanted to learn about new countries. One year, and I can’t believe we got away with this, we because Vatican City. Yes, and students made and wore Pope hats during the opening 

Malcolm London doing his thing at PBS TED talk event

by Chalk Face, PhD

The cult of TED is kind of strange. In any event, Chicago student poet and activist Malcolm London was invited to speak and perform. You heard him here At the Chalk Face recently with Israel Munoz. Here’s Malcolm’s performance. But I’m told that his work was edited. We’re not sure how or why. We’ll find [...]

6 year olds of America, we need to talk #commoncore

by Chalk Face, PhD

You’ve been hopped up on paste, stickers, finger paint, and the overall ignorance of your ego-centricity for far too long. We need to have a “Kintervention,” followed by some KIDBELS, and a little Response to Kintervention time, just to see if the Kintervention was successful.

Thank you Education Week. Thank you for all that you do.