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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

The Birthday Problem Revisited

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Math people, history people, social science people, people people--this one's for you. What follows in this New York Times article is...
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Sunday, September 30, 2012

Teachers and Political Action: Getting into the Swing of Things

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I've been thinking lately about how most teachers are not very political, and they're not very politically involved. Sure, there a...
Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Skyline High School: Two Pluses and a Wish

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When my children were in their middle elementary years, they had a teacher who would have students read and evaluate other students' pro...
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Sunday, September 23, 2012

Externalizing Transportation Costs: Yes, We Pay

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Today, the Ann Arbor Chronicle has a piece by David Erik Nelson, In It For The Money: School Transportation . In it, he points out that   ...
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Friday, September 14, 2012

Showing Real Promise

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There's an excellent story in the New York Times about the Kalamazoo Promise. It's a nice overview, and it raises some interesting ...
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

It Does Matter Where You Start and Finish Teaching

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Ypsilanti administrators just took a 9.3% pay cut . Ypsilanti teachers took a 10% pay cut and a 12.3% reduction to their salary scale. Che...
Monday, September 10, 2012

Patricia Green "Declines to Comment"

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Check out this morning's article in annarbor.com by Danielle Arndt about class sizes and difficulty enrolling in full classes. And what...
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Monday, September 3, 2012

Five Thoughts About Labor Day and the First Day of School

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1. Read about the history of Labor Day here . Remember that in the late 1800s, the average worker worked 12-hour days, 7 days a week. 2. I...
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Fall Sports: Title IX, Pay to Play

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This fall, Skyline High School has a female kicker on their football team! Like so many other kickers, Tori Norris grew up playing soccer, a...
Saturday, August 25, 2012

Preschool: Ecology, Pacifism, Solidarity

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  I recently got back from Montreal, where I found this lovely mural on a "Service de Garde," or preschool/ch...
Sunday, August 12, 2012

Olympics Redux

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Some people are calling these the Title IX Olympics because there are more women than men competing. Here is what the Title IX blog has to s...
Sunday, July 29, 2012

Skyline High School and the Shortest Poem in the English Language

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At the end of this school year I went to the Skyline "Pinning" Ceremony. The "pinning" ceremony is where honors students...
Thursday, July 26, 2012

An Ypsilantian Discusses the Possible Schools Consolidation

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I asked, "But Ypsilantians, what do you think? Would you vote for consolidation?" and YpsiAnon answered. Here's a guest post. ...
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Friday, July 20, 2012

Athletics: Equity and Cost Between Ann Arbor High Schools

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Last year, for a blog post I wrote about administrative positions in Ann Arbor schools, I requested data from the 2005-2006 year and the 201...
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Thursday, July 19, 2012

School Supplies

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I happened to be on line at one of our big box stores last week, and in front of me were some people buying school supplies. School suppli...
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Monday, July 16, 2012

Calling All Ypsi Area Readers: Your Time and Thoughts Are Needed

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Ypsilanti-area readers: Whether you live in Ypsilanti/Willow Run, or you are a staff person in one of the districts, now is the time to lea...
Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Sign of the Week

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Love Andy Borowitz !
Monday, June 25, 2012

Skyline High School Math Teacher Doubles As A Track Star

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The Olympic Diving Trials were on television the other afternoon and my daughter says to me, "My former* math teacher is competing at t...
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Sunday, June 24, 2012

Ypsilanti and Willow Run Potential Consolidation Meetings

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Ypsilanti and Willow Run schools are considering consolidating. I may write some more about the pros/cons of this sometime this summer, but ...
Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Horrendous Hazing At My Hometown High School

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(I hope you liked the alliteration of the title. The subject, of course, is not at all funny.) I was rather shocked when my mom told me ab...
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