What Makes A Grade?

Posted on July 20, 2009 in Instruction by InnerEd  Tagged , , , ,

Part of my district’s use of stimulus money is giving high school teachers an extra week of paid planning in the summer, non-mandatory, but highly encouraged.  Our high school is the only one that is all teacher-led (the principals are all meeting until Thursday) so what happens when you get 60 teachers together to collaborately [...]

More School Climate Follow-up

Posted on April 10, 2009 in General,Philosophy by InnerEd  Tagged , , , , ,

Jay Matthews echoes some of my sentiments from yesterday’s post on improving school climate.  He cites six points by W. Norton Grubb that Matthews and Grubb feel are necessary for turning schools around, of which #4 echoes my feelings of yesterday.  I somewhat disagree with his assertion that vocational programs need to be replaced.  I [...]