It’s time to look at the data from this week’s poll. I appreciate everyone who responded. Per usual, some of the results surprised me a bit. There were slightly more responses than usual this week which is always a good… Read More ›
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FRIDAY POLL 04/21
Since this is a blog devoted to educational issues I won’t point out that yesterday was 4/20, but since it’s testing season maybe I will. Here in Nashville it’s the midpoint of the testing window and I hope everyone has… Read More ›
REFLECTIONS ON GOOD FRIDAY POLL
Hope y’all had a wonderful Easter holiday. I appreciate those of you who took the time to respond to the weekend’s questions. As always some of the answers surprised me. That’s a good thing. Let’s start by looking at the… Read More ›
A GOOD FRIDAY POLL.
It is hard to believe that it is already Easter weekend. The year just seems to fly by. I do have another set of questions to ask, so if you could take a couple minutes to help a brother out,… Read More ›
MY KIND OF EDUCATION REFORM
A couple weeks a go, it was Spring Break in Middle Tennessee. Scrolling through my social media feed, I was suddenly inundated with pictures of friends taking their children to Chicago to see Hamilton, to New York to visit the… Read More ›
WEEKEND POLL SUMMATION 4/10/2017
My apologies for taking so long to write this summation up. I went to the MNPS State of Schools this morning and it’s taken this long to glue my head back together from its repeated explosions. I’m not going to… Read More ›
WEEKEND POLL 4/7/2017
Hope everyone has had an enjoyable week. Things have been good here. Still trying to work on a new pod cast. It look’s like vouchers plans may get shelved for another year. Texas just killed their state voucher plan. So… Read More ›
TALKING LITERACY WITH HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER JARRED AMATO
Anybody who is involved in education issues and is active on social media should be aware of Maplewood High School English teacher Jarred Amato. Amato has been teaching now for about 8 years, after entering the profession through the Nashville Teaching… Read More ›
OF HIGH SCHOOL KIDS AND LITERACY
I spent Wednesday morning over at Maplewood High School participating in a book club. This book club is made up of students and community members. It is just one facet of Maplewood’s impressive ProjectLit. I got to say it was… Read More ›
REVIEWING POLL RESULTS 4/3/17
Once again the poll results proved to be a little bit of surprise to me. I fully expected that the number one answer on teacher retention would either be “making teachers more a part of setting policy or “better discipline… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 