Shout out to all the first EDS Cohorts.  You are an amazing group of ladies and gentleman.  I have learned so much from each and everyone of you and wish you the best.  From you all, I have a renewed hope in our profession.  In many ways, more practical ways, I have learned to have [...]

What a great way to wrap up the semester.  There were mixed emotions in this chapter.  First it really enraged me when I was reminded of how our profession is overlooked by society as unimportant and easy.  This is reflected in our salary, the lack of respect we receive, and the lack of professional training we [...]

Assessment, assessment, assessment.  I don’t think there’s an educator out there that hasn’t gotten their earful of this term.  With AYP and NCLB, we can’t avoid assessments and it’s emphasized in our schools as early as Kindergarten with for example, GKAP.  How disheartening though to know that the initial purpose of assessments and how they are [...]

As I read this chapter, I asked myself how many times I thought that my parents did not care enough to participate.  One year I taught first grade at a charter school.  As part of the charter, each parent had to volunteer 15 hours of service to the school in what ever capacity they could [...]