The Fischbowl

I was reminded of something this week that's been bothering me for a while. My school takes attendance, of course, and then parents are ...

My last post on The True Cost of Testing generated a couple of follow-up questions I thought I might address. One of those questions was ...

Next week my school is giving the state-mandated testing to our freshmen, sophomores and juniors. Colorado, like many states, has made some ...

At the end of the school year I met with the administrator who does my evaluation and he/she asked me to think over the summer about some ...

"In the real world . . ." is a sentence starter you often hear in schools. In fact, I've said it many times myself. We need to...

Let me be perfectly clear: I think we put on a good graduation. Let me also say that I think everyone's motives are good and this is cer...

I am not a Language Arts teacher, nor do I play one on TV. I do not have 3-5 distinct Language Arts preps, a student load of between 120 and...

Just posted this to my Algebra class blog, thought I would share it here as well. My daughter is thirteen and each morning I send her o...

 (Originally posted on my Algebra Class Blog , but I thought I would share it here as well.) There was an   interesting article   in to...

(I just posted this on my Algebra Class Blog and sent an email to the parents of my incoming students suggesting they read the post and wat...

I watched this debate the other day between entrepreneur Peter Thiel and Google CEO Eric Schmidt. It was moderately interesting, but the pa...

My friend Zac (and his friend Trevor) want to know: What Should Be the Purpose of School? It started as a question in class. Listening to ...

< Prologue > To be, or not to be, that is the question. Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1, William Shakespeare (circa 1601) Honesty ...

( Cross-posted on my Algebra class blog. Thought I'd share it here as well.) I've been wanting to share something with you the la...