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Modern School: Why So Many Teachers Have Martyr Complexes

Modern School: Why So Many Teachers Have Martyr Complexes

NYC Educator: The Uncoolest Cool Kid in School

NYC Educator: The Uncoolest Cool Kid in School

The Uncoolest Cool Kid in School

I went to one of our school's baseball games recently to cheer on the team. A few of my students and a few others I know slightly are playing, and I genuinely enjoy cheering them on. Shortly after I arrived and checked in with my colleagues to find out about the score, I looked, through the chain link fence, up and down the bench until I found Richie.

The kid I'll call Richie is the subject of this post, the Uncoolest Cool Kid in School. He's one of the kindest, gentlest most young men I've ever met. He's not exactly shy; I wouldn't quite say he keeps to himself. He just doesn't say more than is necessary in any given situation. And he's nice to everyone, even to kids who seem very different from him.

In a school in which most of the males strive to live up to a macho or at

Faint | The Jose Vilson

Faint | The Jose Vilson

Faint

Linkin Park, "Faint"

Energized from this past weekend’s trip to the Center for Teaching Quality (TeacherSolutions 2030 retreat), I focused all my energies on ensuring that my first and second period class of math would kick ass. My students showed tremendous gains in their transformations test they took the week before, and the last quiz they took on Thursday showed elements of strong understanding in inequalities. Today, I wanted to change my own energy a bit to demonstrate how much I appreciated their efforts.

For the most part, I didn’t think it was a terrible class. I got through the lesson in a reasonable amount of tim

Occupation Underway Now at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities « Student Activism

Occupation Underway Now at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities « Student Activism

Occupation Underway Now at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities

A morning rally at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities has turned into what organizers are calling an “open and soft occupation” of the university’s Social Sciences Tower.

“Students and community supporters,” a post on the group’s blog declared, “are outraged over soaring tuition, budget cuts, skyrocketing administrative salaries, mounting student debt, attacks on cultural diversity groups on campus, and blatant disregard for workers’ rights across the nation. In light of recent student and worker uprisings around the world, students in the Twin Cities are no longer willing to bear the burdens of the economic

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usatoday.com - By Jack Gillum and Marisol Bello, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — In just two years, Crosby S. Noyes Education Campus went from a school deemed in need of improvement to a place that the District of Columbi...

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washingtonpost.com - Nearly all of us have taken bubble tests. We mark the spaces with a soft pencil. Occasionally we make a mistake, erase the mark and fill in the right bubble. On average we make no more than two or ...

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huffingtonpost.com - Okay, you've won! Tenure has been abolished. There are no limits on charters, and vouchers are available to all takers. Collective bargaining is a thing of the past. The dreaded fire-breathing drag...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Japan business lobby gives OK to scrap corporate tax cut - Yahoo! NewsJapan business lobby gives OK to scrap corporate tax cutEmailPrintPlay VideoEarthquakes Video:Tsunami fears surge on US coast, ...

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articles.baltimoresun.com - March 13, 2011|By Erica L. Green, The Baltimore SunA Baltimore principal's decision to use prayer in preparation for recent statewide tests is drawing criticism as improperly mixing religion and pu...

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myemail.constantcontact.com - Please join the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) at a briefing to discuss: Turning Around the Race to ...

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techcrunch.com - Editor’s note: The following guest post is by bestselling author and former venture capitalist Peter Sims. His next book isLittle Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries. In hi...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - This Week In Education: People: Solomon To Head Boston Reform GroupPeople: Solomon To Head Boston Reform GroupNews out today is that the Boston Plan for Excellence, the "critical friend" to the Bos...

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nytimes.com - Capping weeks of secretive negotiations and intense political jockeying, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and leaders of the Legislature on Sunday announced a $132.5 billion budget agreement that would cut ove...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - murphy can has congress | The Official Site of Ian Murphy for CongressSkip to contentHomeContactContributeIssuesMeet MurphyMurphy in the MediaVolunteer!Are you fed up?Posted on March 27, 2011 by Ia...

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defendwisconsin.org - Public funding for Wisconsin Supreme Court races would dwindle under the proposed state budget. In his 2011-’13 budget, Gov. Scott Walker is proposing to replace all tax dollars with voluntary cont...

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michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Here's his value-added formula Want to know how L.A.'s incoming supt. John Deasy (the man from Gates) is going to sort good teachers from bad? How he's going to decide who get fired and who stays? ...

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luisjrodriguez.com - Posted By Luis J. Rodriguez on March 23, 2011As most people know, I love to speak, to read poetry, to engage audiences. It’s another aspect of my love of words and stories. Last weekend I drove to ...

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nytimes.com - Recently William Cronon, a historian who teaches at the University of Wisconsin, decided to weigh in on his state’s political turmoil. He started a blog, “Scholar as Citizen,” devoting his first po...

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defendwisconsin.org - Gov. Scott Walker’s administration is no longer collecting dues on behalf of state unions and as of Sunday began charging employees more for health care and their pensions, even though nonpartisan ...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Let Us Know Your Event for the April 4 Days of Action | AFL-CIO NOW BLOGLet Us Know Your Event for the April 4 Days of Action by Mike Hall, Mar 28, 2011 On and around April 4 in hundreds of large...

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teamsternation.blogspot.com - Gina Beck, shortly after speaking at a White House event. There are 45 million people in the United States who belong to working poor families. That's right, 45 million. Our sister Gina Beck is on...

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teamsternation.blogspot.com -  Satuday in Los AngelesMaybe the best way to convey the excitement of Saturday's march and rally in Los Angeles is to hear it from the participants themselves. Here are some comments from Faceb...

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beinglatino.wordpress.com - by Las Fotos Project South Lawndale, most commonly known as La Villita, is the largest Mexican neighborhood in the city of Chicago – only Los Angeles and New York have larger Latino populations. Th...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Keeping the State’s Money in the State | Dissident VoiceKeeping the State’s Money in the StateAn Alternative Solution To The Budget Crisisby Ellen Hodgson Brown / March 28th, 2011Cut spending, rais...

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democraticunderground.com - Source: Guardian UKDutch bankers' bonuses axed by people powerAn online campaign has overturned ING's executive pay policy, and the mood in Amsterdam is getting increasingly militant about bonuses ...

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democraticunderground.com - Source: BloombergCummins Inc. and Kohl’s Corp. are accelerating equipment purchases to boost productivity, reinforcing an unprecedented gap between capital spending and employment in the U.S. that’...

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