Attendance: Wake-Up Calls Go High Tech
"Truancy is a nationwide epidemic and the old tools don’t work."–Travis Knox, President of AIM Truancy Solutions Desperate to improve student attendance, schools are now using GPS devices to track...
View ArticleNot the Best Remediation Plan
by Stuart Singer, The Teacher Leader Many school districts have decided to have remediation sessions during the school day. This approach adversely impacts the vast majority of students and needs to be...
View ArticleExtra Duties for Teachers: It’s Not About the ABCs
Background: The Washington Examiner reports that "Fairfax County (VA) Superintendent Jack Dale is planning to tell principals to ease teachers’ workloads outside the classroom, following months of...
View ArticleFocusing on What is Important
by Stuart Singer, The Teacher Leader Teaching is a tough, time consuming job. I knew a high school English teacher who would periodically have to take a day of sick leave for the purpose of grading an...
View ArticleFour Days Make a School Weak
by Stuart Singer, The Teacher Leader On August 31 “NBC Nightly News” Brian Williams moved into a commercial break with a tease of his next segment. “As more and more school districts are moving to a...
View ArticleWhen the Going Gets Tough, Drop Algebra
By Stuart Singer, author of The Algebra Miracle Andrew Hacker, an emeritus professor of political science at Queens College, City University of New York, has created a simple plan to deal with students...
View ArticleAbsent an Absentee Policy
By Stuart Singer, author of The Algebra Miracle It was hard to ignore the confluence of opinions. As a result of intense pressure placed on the prestigious Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)...
View ArticleMore than just numbers
By Stuart A. Singer, Author of The Algebra Miracle Perhaps because I am a former math teacher I cannot help myself. Maybe my extensive coaching background is what makes it even more compelling....
View ArticleBad Weather is Bad News
By Stuart A. Singer, The Teacher Leader Her one word response said it all. I had just returned from a district math department chair meeting and was relating the angst of the County Math Coordinator....
View ArticleUpping the Price of Teacher Absenteeism
By Stuart A. Singer, Author of The Algebra Miracle In a recent post, Mel Riddile explained in great detail one of the primary reasons for the academic success of the students at our school—low teacher...
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