So I promised I would post a follow-up to my Praxis post. I checked my Score Report and it turns out I was correct, unfortunately. I passed within the top 15% of all test-takers with a raw score of a 39 out of 50 on the exam. I needed a scaled-score of 141 to teach…
read more »As I continue to sift through our6-months analytics data, I felt it would be cool to share which areas of the country visit Teach For Us the most and also give a shout out to our most active regions. Below is the list of the states which bring us the most viewership, and I am…
read more »After spending an hour trying to figure out what I wanted to call my blog and just find the appropriate header, I’m finally writing my first blog post! So first, a little background information: I’m a 2012 incoming corps member heading to Mississippi this fall to teach Spanish (not that the name of the blog…
read more »Do you assign your students homework? If yes, how much? And do they actually do it? Please answer in as much detail as you think will be useful. Looking ahead to the fall, when I’ll actually be in charge of my own classroom, I’m wondering what’s a realistic expectation for student homework. I’m thinking TFA’s…
read more »“Mr. Britt, why’d you go to Harvard only to come deal with these disrespectful kids? You don’t get paid enough to deal with this, right?” – 14 year old female student Recently, I read an article in the Washington Post and it killed me! Reform leaders and public officials are STILL caught up in debates…
read more »Grow a beard. You won’t look 16 anymore and you will appear thoughtful instead of nervous when you rub your face a lot. That’s all.
read more »While the spring semester is surely flying by — with the help of this 3 days weekend — February could possibly be worse than October. Tensions are starting to raise with the MCT2 now less than 3 months away, and the Kindergarten Exit Exam a mere 45 days away. This month has surely tested my…
read more »Confession: I wrote this post on Thursday, from my classroom. There’s something a little wasteful and opulent about writing while I’m at school, but sometimes I figure that if I’m going to teach it, I have to practice it. Also, I magically finished next week’s lesson plans that morning, including worksheets. Also, I had nothing to…
read more »Well, today we were informed that there will be no social studies instruction. There will be no science instruction. Reading will be a 60 minute block. And Math… Math will be 180 minutes. Math, because, MATH is low hanging fruit. If we can improve our math scores, then maybe we will be able to get…
read more »It’s been almost 2 months since my last post. This is the longest I’ve been away. Law school is keeping me as busy as I was in the classroom. Anyways, I thought I’d share an interesting article I came across today–one that connects to both education reform and what I’ll be doing this summer: “Forum…
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