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Hidden Gadfly – Top 5 Stories (By Me) You May Have Missed in 2017 by Steven...
Originally posted at: https://gadflyonthewallblog.wordpress.com/2017/12/30/hidden-gadfly-top-5-stories-by-me-you-may-have-missed-in-2017/So that was 2017.It was a year that frankly I wasn’t sure I’d...
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Traumatized In My Trauma by Patte Carter-Hevia
A lifetime ago, I taught adults who worked in a factory, of sorts, that provided jobs for physically and/or developmentally challenged individuals. For three hours a day, I conducted six thirty-minute...
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If You Haven't Believed UsBy: Susan DuFresneIf you haven’t believed us when we’ve told you how stressful being an educator can be,and if you haven’t believed us when we tell you our workloads are...
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The Problem with Preparing Students for ‘The Real World’ by Aaron Michael Baker
Originally posted at: https://spoonvision.wordpress.com/2018/01/07/the-problem-with-preparing-students-for-the-real-world/“’Welcome to the real world,’ she said to me, condescendingly.Take a seat. Take...
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Funny How School Closings Are Merely Accidental Racism. Never Intentional. by...
Originally posted at: https://gadflyonthewallblog.wordpress.com/2018/01/05/funny-how-school-closings-are-merely-accidental-racism-never-intentional/It’s funny. When you close schools serving minority...
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Feed me By: Kate SaccoOriginally posted on her blog here https://katewithakeyboard.blogspot.com/2017/12/feed-me.htmlTen years ago a tornado of a girl whirled her way into my classroom. She was a tiny...
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No One Cares by Caring SCS Teacher
I don’t think it’s that big of a deal unless the asbestos is disturbed. One would think that loose tiles would define disturbed, but who knows? But really, who cares? No one does. What am I going to...
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When You Mistreat Teachers, Beware the Unintended Lessons for Students by...
Originally posted at: https://gadflyonthewallblog.wordpress.com/2018/01/10/when-you-mistreat-teachers-beware-the-unintended-lessons-for-students/We’ve all seen the shocking video from Vermillion Parish...
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There are 30 days of school between MLK Day and the anniversary of Trayvon...
There are 30 days of school between MLK Day and the anniversary of Trayvon Martin’s murder. Here are 30 black lives to celebrate on those days. Originally posted on...
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Want to Know How to Beat the Billionaires Trying to Destroy Public Education? Stay in the Union!!By: Marla Kilfoyle, Executive Director - The Badass Teachers Association and Melissa Tomlinson, Asst....
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Men, Too, Need No Longer Suffer in Silence the Pain of Sexual Harassment by...
Originally posted at: https://gadflyonthewallblog.wordpress.com/2018/01/17/men-too-need-no-longer-suffer-in-silence-the-pain-of-sexual-harassment/This is one of the hardest articles I’ve ever...
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ECOT now ECOY…. Oh, Despicable Him by Kelly Ann Braun
Originally posted at: https://buckeyebats.wordpress.com/2018/01/19/ecot-now-ecoy-oh-despicable-him/*please note: words in bold type are links!*The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow will now be the...
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Women’s March in Cleveland,Ohio,1-20-18 by Melissa Svigelj-Smith
Originally posted at: https://msvigeljsmith.blog/2018/01/20/womens-march-in-clevelandohio1-20-18/I made the following remarks at the Women’s March in Cleveland, Ohio, on January 20th, 2018. I was...
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A Guide To Success As A Single Dad by Daniel Sherwin
Image by Pixabay"We as teachers work with students from all cultures and family situations."Here's a thought-provoking question: What do superheroes look like? Do you picture a towering figure in...
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The Further You Get From Public Schools, the Greater the Chance of Child...
Originally posted at: https://gadflyonthewallblog.wordpress.com/2018/01/20/the-further-you-get-from-public-schools-the-greater-the-chance-of-child-abuse/A California home-school where parents shackled,...
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Confessions of an Aspiring “Woke” White Teacher by Aaron Michael Baker
Originally posted at: https://spoonvision.wordpress.com/2018/01/21/confessions-of-an-aspiring-woke-white-teacher/I am aspiring because “woke” is not a title that white people should ever bestow upon...
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Women’s March in Wooster; Speech by Karen Linch
Originally posted at: https://buckeyebats.wordpress.com/2018/01/21/womens-march-in-wooster-speech-by-bat-0-karen-linch/I am here to advocate for our greatest resource – our children!I am here to...
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Few Kids in the World Can Pass America’s Common Core Tests, According to New...
Originally posted at: https://gadflyonthewallblog.wordpress.com/2018/01/23/few-kids-in-the-world-can-pass-americas-common-core-tests-according-to-new-study/Could you jump through a hoop?Probably if it...
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Peeling Back the Layers of ‘Choice’ by Terri Michal
There are so many stories in the news about the mismanagement of finances by charter school companies. There are stories of parents who are forced to move their child to a new charter school year...
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A Conversation with Jitu Brown - The Power & History of #WeChoose January 22nd to the 26th has been dubbed School Choice Week. In 2018 the #WeChoose National Coalition seeks to take the narrative...
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