Reblogged from Teachosaur Thoughts:

It makes such sense and yet we seem to have forgotten its logical intrinsic value. In our test-driven educational world of today being on task and on time in many schools leaves little time for play. Recess has shrunk or disappeared from most of our schools. Lunch periods have been shortened and days and years have been lengthened in an apparent quest to make our students into perfect little technicians, automatons who can react specifically in isolation to a set of pre- set stimuli in a consistent and …

Reblogged from InterACT:

Dear California Teachers, While you were in the classroom or eating lunch, or supervising lunch, or sponsoring a club, or helping students or attending an IEP meeting this past Wednesday afternoon, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan was talking about transforming our profession, launching Project RESPECT – which stands for Recognizing Education Success, Professional Excellence, Collaborative Teaching.  It took from 2009 to 2012 for the administration to come around to the idea of respect, I suppose, and …

Reblogged from Free Range Cookies Blog:

“What’s a record?” asked a niece. Finally, something I know about.  Not kidding here.  I’ve been helping with homework for the past couple of months and here’s what I’ve learned: I am NOT smarter than a fourth grader.  Lattice multiplication?  Honestly. We headed to the basement for a trip back in time.  Before too long, I started waxing nostalgic about unusual food that my mom used to make.  She also had a thing for Girl Scout cookies and would buy hundreds of boxes each year.  Hundreds. Mostly …

Reblogged from Life in the Boomer Lane:

To the person who spelled my middle name incorrectly on my birth certificate: I applaud you for your creative license.  You took a strange spelling and turned it into an even stranger spelling. You recognized that although I was merely minutes old, I strove to be unique. To my first grade teacher who looked at my deranged, curly hair and asked me “Doesn’t your mother ever comb your hair?”:  Yes, bitch, she did.  Whoops, I thank you for caring enough about my personal grooming to have said …

Reblogged from On Politics:

Shortly after his election, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras held a news conference where he praised City Council President Michael Solomon and said he was proud to live in the Mount Pleasant-Elmhurst neighborhood and have council president Solomon as his councilman. Minutes later, Jeff Padwa, the new city solicitor, who lives on the East Side, joked that his councilman Sam Zurier, was the smartest member of the city council, a political body that has never been confused with a Mensa meeting. Zurier is a …

Reblogged from FunnyLove:

Holy MOLY was this good. This is definitely, by far, the thing you should be making tonight for dinner.  Or tomorrow. Or for Valentine’s Day. It’s REALLY good. My super outdoorsy friend Weston goes on fishing trips in Alaska, and he brought over some halibut for us to cook earlier this week.  The parmesan and dill preparation was something he’d had in Alaska at a restaurant, so he described it to me and this is what I came up with. It was SO good and easy! …