Almost every Sunday our local newspaper has had an editorial about control of schools. It’s become a huge debate… and one that I have some conflicting feelings about. When the United States decided to create a public school system, we decided that local entities were the best to control the curriculum and general operations of [...]
Grades for the third quarter were due today… I must say this, I hate letter grades! No I love them! No I hate them! I cannot decide! I get like this at the end of every quarter. I have a love/hate relationship with our letter grade system. At times I think it’s an accurate representation [...]
Every time we review for tests I hear the title phrase. Sometimes I wonder why I even bother. I am sure other teachers have the same problems with reviewing and tests. My general philosophy about tests is that they should be an assessment of the high/important points from the chapter. I try to make my [...]