Today marks the first day of a new project I’m working on – the promotion of teacher voices not just here in Memphis, but across Tennessee. As always, I’m searching for teacher voice stories that are positive and solutions-oriented. I’ll…
Yesterday a post of mine on the need to rethink how we use teacher evaluations was published on a website titled The Educators Room. I’ve been struggling lately with the concept of teacher evaluations; not the method that we use…
The 2014 school-level TVAAS data has been out for a few weeks now and since we did an analysis earlier this summer on local charter performance using 2013 data, I thought it only appropriate that I run a similar analysis…
This post originally appeared in the Commercial Appeal on Sunday, August 3rd 2014. I have a confession: Halfway through my second year of teaching, I was questioning whether teaching was really the right career for me. I was putting in…
Not sure how to go about setting up your classroom for success? Here are four little tips to help improve your workspace!
Education reform is achieving some remarkable outcomes in the volunteer state. But without a change in perception those results might be in jeopardy.
This post offers a snapshot of how charter high schools are performing in Memphis, Tennessee when it comes to student achievement with low-income students.
Charter schools continue to expand both nationally and here in Tennessee. Detractors claim they are fools gold, while proponents tout their effectiveness. Who’s right? Check out this piece detailing the impact charter schools are making here in Tennessee.
Common Core opponents have been very successful at whipping up fear against the standards using hyperbolic statements and unsubstantiated claims. But the real thing our students need to fear is a wholesale repeal. The standards need a tweaking, not a repeal.
An open letter to the blog Jersey Jazzman on his response to our piece “Poverty Doesn’t Dictate Academic Outcomes.”
