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Posted by Apr 12, 2016 Uncategorized , , ,

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, […]

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“In 36 Instructional Weeks”—A Phrase I Hate

Posted by Apr 10, 2016 IEPs ,

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. […]

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