The Testing Shell Game
By Stuart Singer, The Teacher Leader The key to creating an illusion is to distract the viewer. Draw the attention away from the sleight of hand and the audience will believe they have seen magic....
View ArticleNinth Graders: Overwhelmed
I don’t know anyone who would wish to be a ninth grader again. While the first day of ninth grade may be a “rite of passage,” it certainly was not a pleasant one. According to this report, ninth...
View ArticleIn Testing Perfection Can be the Enemy of the Good
by Stuart Singer, The Teacher Leader When No Child Left Behind (NCLB) was first presented in the early years of the Bush Administration it represented a significant shift in educational policy....
View ArticleUsing Disney for Educational Advice is just Goofy
by Stuart Singer, The Teacher Leader In an effort to close their minority achievement gap, Montgomery County (MD) Public Schools (MCPS) like many other school systems has turned to Disneyland for...
View ArticleNinth Graders: Still Overwhelmed?
“It’s a huge transition. They come in at 14 and they leave as adults.” Ninth Grade-Our Last Chance I learned from experience that a successful ninth grade experience predicted future high school...
View ArticleA High Tolerance: Late Start Dates Hurt College-Bound Students
A late school start aimed at tourism revenue undermines the efforts of college-bound students and parents. After a friend of mine personally witnessed the horrific traffic in the Washington, D.C. area,...
View ArticlePLN: Your Customized Learning Plan
Create your own Personal Learning Network (PLN) by tapping into the collective intelligence of hundreds or even thousands of your fellow educators through Twitter and other technologies. Find out how...
View Article9/11: What was it like to be a principal on that day?
Principals and teachers working in diverse, high-poverty schools are constantly challenged, even on a normal school day. In addition to the need to raise the achievement of each and every one of our...
View ArticleSchool Technology: Still Dabbling Around the Edges
Technology and diets have one thing in common. Neither works unless you work them, and, when it comes to school technology, for the most part, we educators are more like dabblers than implementers. In...
View ArticleFour Days Make a School Weak
by Stuart Singer, The Teacher Leader On August 31 “NBC Nightly News” Brian Williams moved into a commercial break with a tease of his next segment. “As more and more school districts are moving to a...
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