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16 hours ago ago from Joanne Jacobs
Tenure is easy to get for LA teachers, reports the LA Times. More than 98 percent of probationary teachers get tenure after two years in the classroom. The reviews are so lacking in rigor as to be meaningless, many instructors say. Before a teacher gets tenure, school administrators are required to conduct only a single, pre-announced classroom visit per year. . . . Principals are not required to consider testing data, student work ...
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This is my answer to a challenge started by a German teacher's blog , so I guess it will probably not qualify at all, being written in English. But hey, it's a teachers' challenge and some of my online homies are participating, so how can I resist? Here are the questions in the original: Woran erinnerst Du Dich, wenn Du an Deine Schulzeit zurückdenkst? Welche Medien hast Du im Unterricht kennengelernt und auch selbst genutzt ? ...
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1 day ago ago from Away With the Fairies
I just wanted to post that today, because I'm really missing Grandad. My dad's dad I mean. I don't know why I'm missing him so much, but today especially, I just wish he was here. Yes, he was a West Ham fan. We all sang that song at his funeral, I'm sure he would've liked it. He was a London boy, my Grandad, grew up in the East End. That side of the family did, they came over from Ireland during the potato famine, and that's where immigrants ...
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