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I’m not here to save anyone.

Posted in Childhood Education, Goals, Statistics, Struggles, The Achievement Gap on Sep 18th, 2008 No Comments »

I’m not here to save anyone. I’m just here to give the best education I can. It’s up to them to take it.
Two weeks ago, I revealed the bad news to my 6th grade kids that they’re averaging at a 3rd grade reading level. But I also revealed the good news to them: our Big [...]

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The Dropout Rate

Posted in Education Article Meanderings, Statistics, The Achievement Gap on Aug 19th, 2008 1 Comment »

When I first read this article, I knew an eventual blog post was a must. I know I will complain this school year about long nights grading, lesson planning, extremely short lunches; I’ll complain about the need to fully invest myself in and out of work when I’d rather just fully be me after walking [...]

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