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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Qatar, its educational system, and books
A former colleague and current teacher is spending the year with her husband in Qatar, and she blogs about it here. She had a great post about Qatari schools and schooling, of which I have taken a large snippet. Thanks, … Continue reading
Mathematics musings: the Common Core, algebra, and instruction
I got math on the brain. Scary, I know, for an old English teacher. It started when a friend tweeted this article about a charter school in San Diego that had revamped its math curriculum so that their kids would … Continue reading
Posted in Classroom, Federal policy, School district, Teachers, Teaching
Tagged algebra, center on education policy, Common Core State Standards, denise mewborn, einstein academy, Jon Star, K-12 Mathematics Joint Work Group, mathematics, montgomery county, National Mathematics Advisory Panel, san diego unified school district
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Going to school in Nigeria
I have a good friend from college, Brian Hitchcock, who’s living near Jos, Nigeria this year, running the work of his non-profit Self-Sustaining Enterprises (SSE). You can see the website for more info on SSE and the blog that Brian … Continue reading
Posted in Classroom, School, Teachers, Teaching
Tagged jos, nigeria, plateau state, Self-Sustaining Enterprises
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Happy the beagle
Being home over the holiday got me thinking about school and the town I grew up in – and Happy the beagle. I used to take that dog to school. My brother Jeff and I would walk there – it … Continue reading
Posted in Classroom, Parents, School, Teaching
Tagged afterschool alliance, beagle, dartmouth college, hanover, kiewit, moose, new hampshire, occom pond, santa maria, teletype
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