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Homeschooled

• July 17, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Alternative Education, Authentic Education, Education Reform, History of Education, Homeschooling
Tags: aims, children, connections, education reform, effective teaching, homeschooling, humanizing, life-long learning, pedagogy, personal skill-building, soulful education, unschooling

Building the Machine: Common Core Documentary

• April 1, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Education Reform, Educational Policy
Tags: aims, common core, Common Core Standards, control, curriculum, education policy, education reform, HSLDA, personal skill-building, standardization, standardized testing, teach to the test

Rotten at the core

• November 17, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Education Reform, Educational Policy, School is not education
Tags: Common Core Standards, connections, curriculum, education policy, education reform, effective teaching, industrialized education, life-long learning, standardized testing, student needs, teach to the test, teaching methodology

Top 10 Reasons I Decided to Become a Teacher

• November 3, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Education Reform, Educational Policy, Great Teachers
Tags: reality of education, Teach for America

What you’re worth

• October 27, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Authentic Education, Education Reform, Educational Policy, History of Education
Tags: aims, children, connections, creativity, education policy, education reform, exam results, grades, soulful education, Suli Breaks, teach to the test, visions, youth

Exciting jobs

• October 20, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Aims, Discrimination, Education Reform, History of Education, Right to an Education
Tags: aims, children, citizenry, dignity, education policy, education reform, humanizing, making a difference, respect, responsibility, soulful education, student needs, students, visions, youth

Track built in circles

• September 27, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Authentic Education, Discrimination, Education Reform, Great Teachers, Teaching methodology
Tags: accommodations, aims, children, Dylan Garity, education policy, education reform, empathy, humanizing, Learning a second language, life-long learning, making a difference, NCLB, personal skill-building, teaching methodology

Telling Time with a Broken Clock

• June 20, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Alternative Education, Education Reform, Testing
Tags: aims, education policy, education reform, effective teaching, Joe Bower, professionalism, responsibility, standardized testing, student needs, teach to the test, teaching methodology, visions

What is intelligence?

• June 15, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Alternative Education, Authentic Education, Creativity, Education Reform
Tags: connections, creativity, effective teaching, finding their element, Intelligence, life-long learning, multiple intelligence, play-based learning, Sir Ken Robinson, soulful education, teaching methodology

Isn’t it Ironic? Don’t you think?

• June 15, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Authentic Education, Education Reform, Educational Policy, Testing
Tags: children, connections, education policy, education reform, no child left behind, Sir Ken Robinson, standardized testing, student needs, teach to the test, teaching methodology

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