If you ever want to ensure that a student will engage in some truly data-worthy behaviors, I advise you to drink a large glass of water, fill your bladder, and wait 30 minutes. Better yet, have that extra cup of coffee. Wear that pair of shoes that rubs your bunion wrong. Then, get your pencil […]
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Mondays.
I don’t know a lot of teachers (or people in any other line of work) who particularly enjoy the sound of an alarm clock going off at 5:30am on a Monday morning, heralding in the new work week like a screeching choir of harpies. However, the EDBD teacher’s Monday is a special circle of Hell, […]
“In 36 Instructional Weeks”—A Phrase I Hate
If you take nothing else from my website, take this. My personal pet peeve? The phrase “In 36 instructional weeks.” I hate that. It’s pretentious and gives parents no idea when they can expect to receive formal progress monitoring. In my district, we present formal progress monitoring at the end of each 9-week grading period. […]
