Yeah NCLB left a LOT of children behind.
On 10/08/14, Credit to the former... wrote:
> On 10/06/14, I know what you mean wrote:
>> This is what the new progressive government schools look like.
>> It is mass mediocrity. If you have creativity and innovative
>> teaching, you are expected to give it away "for the good of
>> all." It is socialism at its finest. Throw in the thought
>> police roaming the halls called PLC's and you have the real
>> picture. You're not supposed to achieve excellence. You, the
>> individual, don't have any rights, not even to your own talent.
>> I didn't vote for Obummer and his head smurf, Arne Duncan. But
>> now, we are all stuck with the stench of socialism. The old
>> form of competition that leads to greatness is dying.
>>
> George W. Bush -No Child Left Behind? Give "credit" where
> "credit" is due...
>>
>> On 10/06/14, EasTexSteve wrote:
>>> On 10/03/14, Frustrated wrote:
>>>>..My problem is that I work with a team of teachers
>>>> who pull my materials off my website and then use them as
>>>> their own. I would be fine with it if they ever had
>>>> anything to share, but they don't. I feel like I am doing
>>>> all the work for them.
>>>
>>> Now you know why parents and students complain about the
>>> "group project" and "group learning" crapola that teachers
>>> love to push.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Please don't tell me to not post
>>>> lessons because I do that for my students and I have no way
>>>> to restrict teacher access when I do that.
>>>
>>> Sure you do. Password protect the documents online.
>>>
>>>
>>>> They also copy
>>>> my lesson plans off of Eduphoria (we are required by admin.
>>>> to share these in our teams) and then lie about changing
>>>> them up to make them their own. I've looked at them and
>>>> they are exact copies.
>>>
>>> So, don't upload your best stuff there. Do the minimum.
>>>
>>>
>>>> I am new to this district and feel
>>>> like I am being used.
>>>
>>> You are.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Does anyone have any advice for me?
>>>> I don't want to appear like a tattle tale with admin, yet I
>>>> am getting very resentful. I've tried talking to them and
>>>> things got tense.
>>>
>>> Things usually do get tense when dealing with slackers. Don't
>>> let it bother you. You have 1st Amendment rights. Use them.
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