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a Teach for America science teacher in St. Louis
Donate Now This past Friday, at the stroke of 3 p.m., every teacher was entitled to run out of the building — the shackles of professional development released. But this Friday, it was not until nearly 5 p.m. that the eighth grade team finally escaped from the building. Since nearly 2 p.m. we had been…
read more »Donate Now This morning, I nearly had a teacher-freak because I had diligently planned a performance event for students. They were to create atomic models of one element. I admit that I did assume that they knew one part, but even when I stripped the assignment back down to the bare minimum, the students were…
read more »As a science teacher, I feel it is my duty to promote environmentally friendly initiatives. I think this one is great for two reasons: (1) there is less wasted paper, (2) there is less junk-mail in my mailbox. A site called Catalog Choice is trying to help you get rid of all those unwanted catalogs.…
read more »There is often discourse about the quality of learning that can occur when learning via technology. I’m not necessarily sure I have an informed opinion on the matter. I don’t personally believe, however, that students in St. Louis should be let loose to attend school online. What brings me to post, though, is that I…
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