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Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Monday, September 1, 2014

"Nothing Ever Happens With Schools In the Summer"

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Although it's true that with the advent of school I always feel like a Mack Truck has hit me, the idea that nothing ever happens with sc...
Saturday, March 1, 2014

Winter Tales: Reading for a Snowy Weekend

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Today is March 1st, and although technically (and based on the weather around us!) winter goes until March 20th/21st, I learned recently tha...
Friday, January 20, 2012

This Week's Observations: Banned Books, Technology, and Charters

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Plymouth-Canton Schools (which actually do draw a small number of students from Washtenaw County have banned two books from an AP English c...
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Monday, December 13, 2010

Bookishness

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I was standing at the counter at Nicola's Books , and I heard someone ask a staff person, "I'm looking for a book for an eight-...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Books, Books, Books: Racing to the Top, Middle, Bottom

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Hat Tip to Assorted Stuff , who pointed me to Diane Ravitch's column in the Washington Post, where she comments on the Race to the Top, ...
Wednesday, May 12, 2010

12%

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I learned today, listening to NPR's Here and Now, that "At least 12% of all children in the U.S. have disabilities – or special ne...
Monday, January 25, 2010

What I'm Reading

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A favorite professor in graduate school advised my class to "read widely," advice I try to take. He also advised us to keep a jour...
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