DO NO HARM. That is Reasonable. Peggy Robertson August 31, 2014 1 Comment By Peggy Robertson As this common core and high stakes testing war comes to a head I am watching lots of folks trying to mediate and ask folks to be reasonable. They want to talk about all the harm that...
The Lee County School Board voted to take a stand and opt out. Kathleen Jasper August 27, 2014 2 Comments I didn’t think there would be a vote tonight. I imagined the Board would listen to concerned parents, teachers and students and then make up some excuse as to why we would have to continue the madness and...
Good Cop – Bad Cop: A Distinction Between Formative and Summative Assessment Kathleen Jasper August 25, 2014 4 Comments If formative and summative assessments were playing the game Good Cop/Bad Cop, formative assessment would be the Good Cop. In fact, formative assessment is the kind of cop that stops you for speeding,...
New Teachers are Cheap: The Ultimate Guide to Getting the Most Out of Your First-Years Dawn Casey-Rowe August 18, 2014 2 Comments A brief introductory tangent… a trip down memory lane... If you’re an aspiring educational leader, one thing you need to know is first year teachers are cheap. You can get about twenty new teachers for...
8 easy steps to kill the love of reading in every student. Kathleen Jasper July 28, 2014 35 Comments Last night, after the final bedtime story, I closed the book and started to get up from my daughter’s bed. Just as I was about to make it out the door, she pulled a book from under her covers – Olivia, a...
