Mr. E.

So, I’m finally a week-and-a-half into my new job as an “instructional specialist” for a professional development organization focusing on inquiry-based teaching through technology. It’s very different from teaching 4th graders; that’s for sure.
Here are a few of my observations…
PD (professional development) providers talk about the teachers in the same tone and manner as [...]

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Standardized testing has done away with learning in schools. To show that a student has learned, all we have to do is teach them how to take the test. They don’t have to do science experiments. Reports about inspirational or famous women in history are out. They don’t even have to [...]

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I’ve taught fourth and fifth grade students for ten years. Last year, I began blogging. Today, I am combining these two pieces of my life in an effort to take my teaching into the next generation. I hope to one day post student blogs and many of my own. Who knows [...]

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