START punching fear in the Face and escape average @jonacuff
By EdVoices May 13, 2013 7:03 am
I’m wrestling with a book right now. Andre the Giant and Hulk Hogan, old fashioned smack down wrestling. I heard Jon Acuff this past week and picked up his new book Start: Punch Fear in the Face, Escape Average and …
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Sharing a time I lied, and I am proud of it
By EdVoices May 12, 2013 2:59 pm
deciding to share after reading How a saleman lost a sale
It was very late. I do not know if it was just after 4 AM, when bars closed on Friday nights in NYC in those days, or somewhat earlier, …
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A brief weekly update on Leaves on the Current
By EdVoices May 12, 2013 7:14 am
We are coming to the end of the week not on chemo, and it has been a difficult one. She caught a cold, always a problem when one is in the overall chemo cycle, because of the body’s reduced immune …
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A brief weekly update on Leaves on the Current
By EdVoices May 12, 2013 7:14 am
We are coming to the end of the week not on chemo, and it has been a difficult one. She caught a cold, always a problem when one is in the overall chemo cycle, because of the body’s reduced immune …
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BFTP: Humility builders
By EdVoices May 12, 2013 7:00 am
A weekend Blue Skunk “feature” will be a revision of an old post. I’m calling this BFTP: Blast from the Past. Original post April 28, 2008. The garage door I write about below was replaced (by a professional) less …
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thoughts on merit pay for teachers
By EdVoices May 11, 2013 3:56 pm
which was written as a comment on this thread at Diane Ravitch’s blog..
The presumption of Merit pay for teachers is that the impact of the teacher can in some fashion be immediately measured, usually by utilizing scores on …
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3 Keys to reaching all your dreams
By EdVoices May 11, 2013 7:11 am
Dreams might be imagined on vacation, but they are birthed out of focus and work.
Saturday with Friends and Family 028 (Photo credit: -DjD-…)
I’ve been up writing again at 5am on Saturday. Not because I hate myself
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The lost souls of technology training
By EdVoices May 11, 2013 7:04 am
As I was walking down a hallway at one of our elementary buildings yesterday afternoon, I bumped into a lady I did not recognize. She introduced herself as Laurie, a reading paraprofessional, and I replied I was the technology director.
“Oh …
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Afternoon Video: Top Ten Reasons To Become A Teacher
By EdVoices May 10, 2013 4:36 pm
David Letterman, 10 TFA newbies, and Van Halen's "Hot For Teacher." via TQATE's Quick Hits. Gotta give TFA credit for snagging yet another chunk of free media. …
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No Furloughs at Education Department Under Sequester
By EdVoices May 10, 2013 3:49 pm
Employees at the U.S. Department of Education won’t face furloughs due to the cuts from sequestration, according to a memo sent to staff late this afternoon. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and his team think furloughing staff would make …
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