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Confessions of a bad teacher Salon via GothamSchools: Like every new teacher, thought all I needed was energy, good ideas and lessons that showed how life and literature were related.

Four Gripes About Standardized Tests and Why They're Wrong Miller-Mcune: Claiming testing measures are the problem is a little like suggesting the scale is broken because we got too fat. 

The Most Important Research Study Of The Year? Maybe Larry Ferlazzo: What’s important, though, about the study, I think, is that it highlights that “enhanced discovery learning” was particularly effective.

Unfunded Educational Mandates Ta-Nehisi Coates: This [antibullying law] is kind of thing that makes you sympathetic to the notion that people are asking too much of schools.

Common Core Standards Posters for Kindergarten TeachersPayTeachers: This packet includes everything you need to post the standards you are working on in your classroom.

Domino, Domino, Only Spot A Few Blacks The Higher I Go Jose Vilson: With all due respect to the racial sensitivities of my readers, the article felt like looking into a conversation full of White people...