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Apr 30 2008

Just Another Rivet in the Machine

Donate Now These days, I feel more like the late DentArthurDent stuck in a Vogon Bureaucracy than a teacher who is attempting to subvert the Bureaucracy from within. Last week, we had M’s second SST, in which I had to go in and again explain that, despite my efforts at interventions, M still has made…

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Apr 20 2008

Gaining on the Goal

Donate Now All year long, my class has been about 10 percent under the Big Goal. They have made tremendous reading growth so far and I have no doubt they will meet their goals in that realm. But math continues to elude us. After my round 3 meetings a few weeks ago, my Program Director…

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Apr 12 2008

No Test Score Left Behind

Second grade is not a happy place to be these days. Since my school is only a K-2 school, second graders are the only students at the school who will take the CST. Which means that our students will determine our API. Which means that our students are the only shot we have at ever…

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