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What do teachers really know?
Bird Droppings June 15, 2026What do teachers really know? “Teachers are one of the most important resources a nation has for providing the skills, values, and knowledge that prepare young people for productive citizenship – but more than this, to give sanctuary to their dreams and aspirations for a future of hope, dignity, and justice.…
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Grandparenting/Teaching is telling our students and grandchildren the stories so they can tell them to their grandchildren.
Bird Droppings June 13, 2026 Grandparenting/Teaching is telling our students and grandchildren the stories so they can tell them to their grandchildren. I have been reading a significant amount of material on testing, of all things, and how to design an assessment. Over the years, I have always come back to portfolios as one of…
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I ponder educational genocide as this administration tries to gut education and/or NCLB, norming children, only leaves the best.
Bird Droppings June 10, 2026 I ponder educational genocide as this administration tries to gut education and/or NCLB, norming children, only leaves the best. I was huddled in my warm seat as I drove around, window open, as I went outside to chase a sunrise this morning. I stopped along the way to think a…
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I am pondering ABNANBNANBNANBNANBNANBC or antecedent behavior, new antecedent, new behavior, etc.
Bird Droppings June 9, 2026I am pondering ABNANBNANBNANBNANBNANBC or antecedent behavior, new antecedent, new behavior, etc. Last night, I reviewed some notes from one of my numerous posts on various blog sites and comments from my graduate school. I had been reading from a paper on a program developed in the mid-1980s in California. The…
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Walking and listening among the Cotton Woods
Bird Droppings June 8. 2026 Walking and listening among the Cotton Woods I walked outside earlier, as I do many mornings, listening, observing, trying to understand this reality I am walking about within. The sky was brilliant this morning, with a slight haze settling over the lake and the cornfield and a few visible clouds.…
The daily meanderings of a teacher 