Tag: teachers
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It’s Time to Draw a Line in the Sand
The traditional urban school district is broken, can’t be fixed, and must be replaced. Andy Smarick, Urban School Systems of the Future, 2012 People were shocked when Andy Smarick wrote this about America’s urban school districts 10 years ago. But today, very few urban school districts have shown any noticeable progress in getting black, brown,…
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Friday News Roundup…
Welcome to A Better Path to Learning’s first “Friday News Roundup,” where we review the news that impacts your access to better learning. Teacher Job Satisfaction Hits an All-Time Low (EdWeek) According to the Merrimack College Teacher Survey released this week, only 12% of the more than 1,300 teachers surveyed said they were “very satisfied”…
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Stick Up for Your Learning!
This is an article originally authored by me and printed by The Education Game. I’m sharing it again today since I’ve had several requests to release it again. Consider it the beginning of A Better Path to Learning’s “Best of the Best.” When I was a high school principal, I was visited by many middle-class…
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Do You Own a Learning Plan?
Every learner should have a learning plan. Adult learners. Young learners. Every learner. What’s a learning plan? Well, let’s start with what a learning plan is not. A learning plan is not a lesson plan, nor is it a scope and sequence, or a curriculum guide. Lesson plans, scopes and sequences, and curriculum guides attempt…
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Let’s Admit It! We Hate Teachers.
Last night I was reading my hometown newspaper, the Avoca (Iowa) Journal-Herald, and came upon an article that announced the local school board’s decision to increase teacher salaries for the upcoming school year. When I saw what the beginning salary was going to be for an Avoca teacher I almost fell of the couch. The…
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