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The Apprentice


18 March 10 08:01 PM
"You're fired!" It's been a week. I will probably be fine, but I am the boy on the bubble in our department. This is my fourth year; everyone else here has been teaching longer. Our district has been hit hard by budget cuts. Seniority trumps. I get all Read More...
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Crocus sirens


17 March 10 07:25 PM
Ecclesiastes 11.1 We must cast our bread Upon the waters , as the Ancient preacher said, Trusting that it may Amply be restored to us After many a day . That old metaphor, Drawn from rice farming on the River’s flooded shore, Helps us to believe That Read More...
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What do I do now?


13 March 10 03:07 PM
I need your help. This ancient Luddite, who still uses a turntable and does not own a cell phone, not even a broken one, somehow managed to glom a grant. A technology grant. I am getting a set of notebooks for my classes, along with a fancy router--we're Read More...
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We "Learn to live," Mr. President


13 March 10 10:37 AM
"Through this plan we are setting an ambitious goal: All students should graduate from high school prepared for college and a career – no matter who you are or where you come from." President Obama, March 13, 2010 Mr. President, can we cut through the Read More...
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September light...


11 March 10 07:05 PM
Location: W074 11, N40 48 Daylight March 12: 11 hours, 47 minutes Daylight September 30: 11 hours, 48 minutes. St. Francis and the Sow The bud stands for all things, even for those things that don't flower, for everything flowers from within, of self-blessing; Read More...
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Time for quahogs


10 March 10 08:20 PM
The back bay's warming up--the quahogs are feeding again. The sun's rays are no longer just glancing off the Earth around here--we're warming up. Algae grow, fusing carbon dioxide and water into sugars, bound by sunlight. A bed of clams lies just under Read More...
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RttT antithetical to public education


06 March 10 10:54 AM
[W]hen we talk about “Race to the Top,” we’re talking about a principle that is antithetical to the fundamental idea of American education. The fundamental idea, which has been enshrined at least since the Brown decision of 1954, was equal educational Read More...
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Proust, meet Bloomingdale's


06 March 10 09:06 AM
When nothing else subsists from the past, after the people are dead, after the things are broken and scattered· the smell and taste of things remain poised a long time, like souls· bearing resiliently, on tiny and almost impalpable drops of their essence, Read More...
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Hey, teach....


05 March 10 08:18 PM
I went to a conference this week--the state wants to teach me how to align my curriculum to the end of course biology exam. It's easy to get lost in what's expected by the Feds, by the state, by the local BOE. It's easy to complain. It's easy to find Read More...
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Cult of personality


03 March 10 05:14 PM
We're testing this week, and I'm cranky. Correlation? We also believe that if we want to improve student outcomes, especially in high-poverty schools, nothing is more important than ensuring that there are effective teachers in every classroom and effective Read More...
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"Nothing is enough"


28 February 10 08:25 PM
This is a short post, and likely a transient one--my children are in Galway, and this is a Galway story. Last July, Leslie and I found ourselves in Monroe's, a crowded pub on the locals' side of the canal in Galway. We were a bit lost, and a bit more Read More...
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Ambergris


27 February 10 03:09 PM
Leslie and I took a walk along the edge of our world, as we do most Saturdays. The tide was out. At the edge of our universe, we witness miracles. Today we saw a 1" horseshoe crab the color of sand, not quite a yearling, making the universal horseshoe Read More...
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Science on the rocks


26 February 10 02:28 PM
An iceberg the size of Luxembourg broke off from Antarctica after being rammed by another giant iceberg. Reuters News Service Where to begin? Who knew icebergs behaved so badly (well, other than the rogue that sank the Titanic )? How big is a "Luxembourg"? Read More...
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Five inventions that have doomed humanity


26 February 10 07:39 AM
I just read a fun post tweeted by dtitle, "Five amazing inventions that will doom us all!" Why wait for the future, though? We already have all kinds of technological doo-dads that have doomed humanity (if not humans): Number Five: Television (and other Read More...
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Death of a daphnia


25 February 10 06:33 PM
This living hand, now warm and capable Of earnest grasping, would, if it were cold And in the icy silence of the tomb, So haunt thy days and chill thy dreaming nights That thou wouldst wish thine own heart dry of blood So in my veins red life might stream Read More...
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