Ingredients for a great thin soup: Asparagus, Fennel, and Turnips. @aftunion
I call it AFT soup for short. It’s really good and very easy to make. Ingredients 1 bundle chopped asparagus 1 fennel bulb sliced, not the greens 1 diced turnip 4 cups veggie broth 4 garlic cloves, chopped fine 800 AFT teachers, roughly 1/3 from NY state alone Directions 1. In a 4 quart pot, […]
I call it AFT soup for short. It’s really good and very easy to make. Ingredients 1 bundle chopped asparagus 1 fennel bulb sliced, not the greens 1 diced turnip 4 cups veggie broth 4 garlic cloves, chopped fine 800 AFT teachers, roughly 1/3 from NY state alone Directions 1. In a 4 quart pot, […]
Where are my #edtech folks on this one? #prism AND #connectED?
At noon today, on the White House blog, ConnectED was announced to, among other things: That’s why President Obama is unveiling a bold, new initiative called ConnectED, which will connect 99 percent of America’s students to the internet through high-speed broadband and high-speed wireless within 5 years. The President also directed the federal government to […]
How Do We Go from “the Anti-Education Era” to Meaningful Learning for All?
James Paul Gee’s The Anti-Education Era is full of analyses of how humans learn that should inform the practice of all types of educators. Previous posts, here and here, describe his powerful indictments of test-driven schooling, as well as his subtle explanations of where “reformers” and other educators have gone wrong. This post will focus […]
ELA or Math support classes, fun for everyone!
If you’re not necessarily enjoying school, guess what? You’re going to love it now when you are enrolled in an ELA/Math support class. Yes, that’s right, all of the low kids, all in one place, at one time, you know, so we can identify you. Enjoy. Tagged: ela, farmingdale, math, support class
Terrific Use of State Letterhead in New York
When we think creatively about any nonviolent means to eradicate, disrupt, quell, explode, destroy, demolish, or otherwise confound the high stakes testing scourge that has American education paralyzed, here is a great example, as reported by DNAinfo New York’s Amy Zimmer: BROOKLYN — Rebecca Herz was relieved to receive a letter from the principal of […]
6-5-13 @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER
@ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER: [image: gears] A new letter to go viral: Is this parody or not, you decide? #commoncore by Chalk Face, PhD Based on a previous post on the food edition of common core, I happened upon another letter dictating what is best for common core implementation. If only we had well-behaved, clean, happy, stable, plastic children, then CCSS would go off without a hitch. Let’s keep piling on those cosmetic changes, people. We’ll get there. The Common Core: Food Edition by Chalk Face, PhD Here’s a picture of a letter sent out by a local school working ... more »