From NY Times August 1, 2007 On Education A Teacher Grows Disillusioned After a `Fail' Becomes a `Pass' By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN Several weeks into his first year...
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Candace Dodson Reed
canreed1
Aug 2, 2007 7:10 pm
My mother is an educator and for every one horror story like the one below, there are 1000 success stories that do not make it into the NY Times or even the...
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Cassie Kilroy Thompson
cassiekilroy...
Aug 20, 2007 10:07 pm
{cross-posted from eschoolnewsletter} -- Cassie ... Begin forwarded message: River Hill High eSchoolnewsletter Attention all singers! Choir auditions will...
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kbrad1969
Aug 23, 2007 11:05 pm
Here's some feedback from a former teacher. Problem is it's not just a few bad apples anymore. That grade change kind of thing happens more often than you...
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Bob Rosebrough
bobrosebroug...
Aug 30, 2007 2:59 pm
Springs school bans tag, citing conflicts The Associated Press Article Launched: 08/29/2007 10:50:27 AM MDT COLORADO SPRINGS —An elementary school has banned...
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Roger Lerner
rogeagle2000
Aug 30, 2007 3:47 pm
The air out there is pretty thin. Roger J. Lerner (o) 410-750-6907 (f) 410-750-6909 (m) 202-262-0420 _____ From: howardpubliced@yahoogroups.com...
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Allen Dyer
aldyeraldyer
Aug 30, 2007 4:37 pm
i'm surprised they haven't eliminated recess completely. all that release of pent up energy could cause global warming. allen ... From: Roger Lerner To:...
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cynthia vaillancourt
CynthiaVaillancourt@...
Aug 30, 2007 8:24 pm
OK guys - no question, on the face of it it is ridiculous - but from another perspective .... reading between the lines.... Have you ever seen a "problem...
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berryfolks
Aug 31, 2007 4:11 am
It's easier to ban something than to work with the kids to see that they treat each other fairly. No wonder we are a nation of couch potatoes. It's...
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Bob Rosebrough
bobrosebroug...
Aug 31, 2007 11:52 am
I was thinking more along the lines of forced feeding with a cookie shooter and more time for practice tests. ... release of ... ...
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Roger Lerner
rogeagle2000
Aug 31, 2007 3:23 pm
OK! You're right tag can be hostile. God knows big slow guys are lousy at it, but banning it is nuts. You're right too that, it's the banning, rather than...
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Cassie Kilroy Thompson
cassiekilroy...
Aug 31, 2007 3:39 pm
Point taken, but just a quibble with your assertion - Bob Glascock is the Deputy Superintendent for Instruction (as well as Curriculum and Technology), so that...
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Allen Dyer
aldyeraldyer
Aug 31, 2007 3:50 pm
a long time ago when i was a junior high student in seattle i was required to take a "test" that included any number of inane questions including "what is your...
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cynthia vaillancourt
CynthiaVaillancourt@...
Aug 31, 2007 3:55 pm
Maybe it's just me but shouldn't each of those three "departments" warrant a fulltime "deputy? cindy v To: howardpubliced@yahoogroups.com From:...
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Cassie Kilroy Thompson
cassiekilroy...
Aug 31, 2007 4:09 pm
and you say your favorite class is (you fill in the blank) and some teacher will spend more time with you until it actually becomes your favorite activity (at...
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Cassie Kilroy Thompson
cassiekilroy...
Aug 31, 2007 4:15 pm
Actually, there are 6 directors under Bob Glascock: Marie DeAngelis - Director, Elementary Curricular Program Clarissa Evans, Executive Director, Secondary...
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cynthia vaillancourt
CynthiaVaillancourt@...
Aug 31, 2007 4:31 pm
Thanks for the primer --- I am always amazed at the wealth of knowledge that is Cassie. Another question - truly without agenda or preconceived notion - is...
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Cassie Kilroy Thompson
cassiekilroy...
Aug 31, 2007 5:32 pm
A very, VERY good question, but alas I have no hard data, only the supposition that when I look at the organizational charts at http:// ...
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Roger Lerner
rogeagle2000
Aug 31, 2007 5:53 pm
Folks, In my silly way, I was just trying to make the point that the fact that titles of directors with the "main line" teaching positions have the word ...
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cynthia vaillancourt
CynthiaVaillancourt@...
Aug 31, 2007 6:10 pm
It may not be what Roger was getting at - but I find that at the beginning of the school year the oddities of the organizational flow are more perplexing as we...
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cwertman@...
ccwertman
Aug 31, 2007 6:53 pm
Can't talk to all of the Directors below, but note that Jose actually works for Tom Miller.? Just to let you know that this organization is not as flat as the...
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Cassie Kilroy Thompson
cassiekilroy...
Aug 31, 2007 7:01 pm
Chris is right - the org cjart makes it look flat but it isn't. Another example is that Martin is also linked to Evans, implying that one of the posts is...
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perlpubl
Sep 2, 2007 11:24 am
I wonder what our org chart would look like if we approached education the way the ancient Greeks did where up to about the age of 10 the main activities at...
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Allen Dyer
aldyeraldyer
Sep 2, 2007 2:36 pm
... From: perlpubl To: howardpubliced@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 7:24 AM Subject: [howardpubliced] Re: Are You Serious? I wonder what our...
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Allen Dyer
aldyeraldyer
Sep 2, 2007 3:09 pm
yesterday tamara & i visited the glenwood branch of the howard county library system. once again, we left the library with our arms full of books and DVDs and...
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Cassie Kilroy Thompson
cassiekilroy...
Sep 2, 2007 4:27 pm
truer words might not have never been spoken? -- Cassie ... On Sep 2, 2007, at 10:32 AM, Allen Dyer wrote: finally, since satire is becoming increasing...
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Allen Dyer
aldyeraldyer
Sep 5, 2007 1:23 am
not completely on topic but the conservancy is a howard county organization that does educate the public. allen p.s. note that yours truly will be...
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Allen Dyer
aldyeraldyer
Sep 8, 2007 7:59 am
hi joan, the blacksmithing demonstrations will be generalized blacksmithing techniques and won't include horseshoeing. during the declining years of...
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nanette_schweitzer
nanette_schw...
Sep 11, 2007 5:24 pm
Please join us for an evening with … Dr. Larry B. Silver, MD Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University and Author of "The Misunderstood...
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Cassie Kilroy Thompson
cassiekilroy...
Sep 16, 2007 6:51 pm
Any student bloggers out there? -- Cassie ... Begin forwarded message: The Daniel Kovach Scholarship Foundation has announced the submission deadline for their...