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Hey All! Without further ado, I present to you my Indiegogo Campaign!
There is a better description on the campaign page but spare me the TL;DR jokes and read this one anyway.
Way back in February of 2012 I started a project to turn all the elements into superheroes and create a…
Go on… You know you want to help me out. Re-blogs and boosts are never expected but always appreciated!
He’s only $91 away from his goal — can you help make a teacher’s dream come true?
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I am so thankful for everyone who has sent our book club and my classroom books and materials and good thoughts!! Especially to our Anonymous Reddit donor who has gone above and beyond for us. As you all know from this post:
http://thegrownuplife.tumblr.com/post/64802787835/dear-john-green-having-only-hardcover-books-means-our
we have been trying to get enough The Fault in Our Stars books for our entire book club. All our members have been patiently waiting until we have a book for everyone and so far we have read other books.
I would love, love, love for us to finally have the book for everyone to read for our Holiday Break and thanks to the power of the internet we only need 6 more books!!So during your Holiday shopping if you feel so inclined to put a smile in one of our awesome reader’s faces here is a link to my classroom wish list: http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/ref=gno_listpop_wi
Again thank you so, so, so, so, so much to all of you that have donated books!
P.S. Amazon is currently offering 30% of any print book until Dec.1 with the code BOOKDEAL
P.S.S. Some of our readers wanted you to see who you were donating to and posed with some of their favorite books :)
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It's Live!
Hey All! Without further ado, I present to you my Indiegogo Campaign!
There is a better description on the campaign page but spare me the TL;DR jokes and read this one anyway.
Way back in February of 2012 I started a project to turn all the elements into superheroes and create a…
Boosting! Please help support this great project to make science education approachable to students of all ages!
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When Parents Yank Their Kids Out of Standardized Tests
Teachers at Seattle’s Garfield High School voted unanimously earlier this year not to give the district’s required reading and math test. They encountered predictable resistance from district officials and harsh criticism from outside observers. Many students and parents, however, sided with the teachers.
The PTA and student government leaders voted in support of the teachers, and many parents sent in “opt-out” letters to exempt their children from testing that they viewed as an inappropriate measure of teachers’ effectiveness. And so when administrators came to class with lists of kids who needed to take the tests during the spring testing period, many students were exempted and others students simply refused to go with the administrators.
There was “the most incredible sense of solidarity in the building,” recalls Garfield history teacher Jesse Hagopian.
Parents who opt out generally do so out of concern that too much time is being taken with testing (and test preparations), that tests are not reliable or valid measures of what students know, and that tests are being used to rate schools, teachers, and students in ways that aren’t fair.
Read more. [Image: Joe Raymond/AP Photo]](https://web.archive.org/web/20131210121401im_/http://24.media.tumblr.com/63653ed822c48845f59b7f0b141facc7/tumblr_mw9gibnKF61qcokc4o1_500.jpg)
When Parents Yank Their Kids Out of Standardized Tests
Teachers at Seattle’s Garfield High School voted unanimously earlier this year not to give the district’s required reading and math test. They encountered predictable resistance from district officials and harsh criticism from outside observers. Many students and parents, however, sided with the teachers.
The PTA and student government leaders voted in support of the teachers, and many parents sent in “opt-out” letters to exempt their children from testing that they viewed as an inappropriate measure of teachers’ effectiveness. And so when administrators came to class with lists of kids who needed to take the tests during the spring testing period, many students were exempted and others students simply refused to go with the administrators.
There was “the most incredible sense of solidarity in the building,” recalls Garfield history teacher Jesse Hagopian.
Parents who opt out generally do so out of concern that too much time is being taken with testing (and test preparations), that tests are not reliable or valid measures of what students know, and that tests are being used to rate schools, teachers, and students in ways that aren’t fair.
Read more. [Image: Joe Raymond/AP Photo]
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