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Category Archives: Parents
Too fast with tech in the classroom?
I got this great email from a great friend, whose daughter is in 5th grade. Here goes: Her “school, and her 5th grade teacher in particular, are really big on ‘preparing kids for the new globally networked society’ – blah, … Continue reading
Posted in Classroom, Parents, School, School district, Teachers, Teaching
Tagged collaborize classroom, edtech, education technology
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Talking and listening
This weekend’s Wall Street Journal had this great piece by Rob Lazebnik – called It’s True: You Talk Too Much – and it brought me back to a post I did in June on developing good question-askers. In the article … Continue reading
Posted in Classroom, Parents, School, Teachers, Teaching
Tagged effective questioning, Koegel Autism Center, Lynn Koegel, questions, rob lazebnik, serge bloch, wall street journal
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The Dos and Don’ts of Back-to-School Night
A quick Friday post – and much thanks to my parent peeps that helped with the below: 1. Don’t ask us to fill out a handout that asks questions such as, “Is there anything that you’d like to share with … Continue reading
Posted in Classroom, Parents, School, Teachers
Tagged Back to School Night, common core, Common Core State Standards
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Grumpy Middle School Dad & Thoughtful Middle School Dad
A hypothetical conversation. You watch: The thoughtful guy will win out, I know. Thoughtful Middle School Dad: Why the…um…grumpy face? Grumpy Middle School Dad: My kid – just driving me crazy. TMSD: (face set in mock horror) No! Really?! GMSD: … Continue reading
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Tagged frontal lobe, jay giedd, national institutes of health, nih
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Parents and standards-based grading
Our district is rolling out standards-based grading this school year, moving away from the traditional report card. As this piece in the Washington Post stated: “In the old system, students received a single letter grade in a subject area, such … Continue reading
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Tagged jumprope, mcps, montgomery county public schools, report card, standards-based grading
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Revise Back to School Night
Back to School Night last week, and it felt the same as those other Back to School Nights the last seven years: Very unsatisfying. As I think is typical in other school systems, parents got the schedule of their child … Continue reading