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Started Aug. 12, 2009

If you could design your ideal school, what would it look like?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by MIchael Gerber Jul. 2, 2009.

Best Movies Involving Education
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Dan Mindich commented on Toni Weingartner Vladimirova's blog post 'Evaluating my Student's First Quarter Progress...'

Hey Toni, that is a great issue with no easy answer (that I know at least). If we give them zeros for late work, then many kids end up failing. If we keep giving them chances to hand in late work, then they get no sense of responsibility for due dat…

October 22, 2009

Dan Mindich left a comment for Tamara Pellicier Padilla

August 14, 2009

Dan Mindich replied to Kimberly's discussion 'Short Story for Freshmen'

Hey Kimberly, I'm not sure if you guys use this book somewhere else in the curriculum, but the "My Name" passage from House on Mango Street is a good short piece for the kids to analyze writing and they can write in her style (or not) to talk about…

August 13, 2009

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First Day Activities

With school getting started, I thought it would be good to share some first day activity ideas. I don't like doing rules and regulations on the first day; I like to get into thinking about the issues we will be looking at and practicing the skills…

August 12, 2009

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July 22, 2009

MIchael Gerber replied to Dan Mindich's discussion 'If you could design your ideal school, what would it look like?'

It sounds amazing, but ironically, the school you describe is everywhere but the school itself. Mere travel restrictions imposed by liability alone.... don't get me started. I taught in Thailand for a year, and they are way more relaxed about that…

July 2, 2009

Jennifer Perino replied to Dan Mindich's discussion 'Best Movies Involving Education'

I will have to say my favorite movie involving education is The Power of One with a very young Stephen Dorff & Morgan Freeman. It focuses on the importance of education and using the real world to educate a child. Learning is a tool to freedom.

May 30, 2009

Will Best replied to Dan Mindich's discussion 'Best Movies Involving Education'

I saw the French movie "The Class" a few weeks ago. It's definitely the best movie about teaching and schools that I've ever seen, despite its awfully bland English title. It's amazingly realistic, and gets right into issues of respect between teach…

May 22, 2009

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Here is another one I like by Liz Foster

Every summer I feel vague guilt about work undone, deep thoughts not thought, words not written. And even in summer I have dreams about school. This past summer was particularly haunted by my principal's invitation to share with the rest of the faculty of our high school a little "about what we value most about our vocation as teachers." These are my notes toward that sharing.

1. Thank you, Kevin, for focusing yet another summer for me. You've given me some weeks of hyper-alertness, self-awaren… Continue

Posted on November 2, 2008 at 11:29am — 1 Comment

FacultyShack Blasts from the Past. Here is one from good old Mr. Alden

As we start this project and following Carl's lead, I was thinking about FacultyShack pieces I have enjoyed, and while there are many, this one and a few others come to mind.

Dear Mr. Alden,

Have you ever read the classic book Black Like Me? Well, I have an idea. I think we should send some our nation's top leaders of industry, academia etc. into the schools of America and have them apply for teaching jobs. The result we would already know. They would be bounced out of the office… Continue

Posted on November 2, 2008 at 11:00am —

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At 5:05pm on April 13, 2009, Maureen said…: Hi,

I'm hanging in there ... 3Q comments were due today. Survived those. Ben is a cool office-mate. I'm sure he misses you desperately!
How's school and West Coast life?

At 11:45am on October 21, 2008, Hazen Devine said…: Hi Dan. How's it going? When you said you were off to learn "cool stuff" I thought I detected a note of sarcasm. Then I thought, nah -- he must really be learning real cool stuff.