I have decided that "Teacher Tips" Tuesday is an incredibly presumptuous title for what I was attempting to accomplish on my little blog. I am new to education; I don't pretend to know it all, but I will assert that I have learned a few things in my short years of experience. I love what I do; I am not a passive participant in education. I try to re-invent what I do each year so Continue Reading
Common cORe….not…TTT Cross-curricular unit plan (Literature andScience)
Lately, common core standards have become an issue for fierce debate: particularly in the state of Georgia. Paul Broun, a Tea Party senate candidate, went so far as to say, "I want to abolish the Department of Education and get rid of Common Core forever." Many conservative politicians compare Common Core to the Affordable Healthcare Act stating that congress, "passed the bill" before Continue Reading