Category: Teaching and Learning
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Tending the garden of educational entrepreneurship
Last weekend, before the NC sun rose too high in the sky, I headed outside for a little work in the garden. Admittedly, it’s been neglected this hot, dry summer and is a wee both over grown—truthfully, it’s borderline unruly and difficult to manage within my one person lawn crew. As I raked up the…
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First Day of School, 2022
Today is one of those days our family celebrates, maybe quietly, but we always celebrate the start of school. My partner and I met as graduate students preparing to be educators. We were teachers together as a young couple before we had children. With our children, we celebrate the start of school for all the…
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Teaching As Professional Altruism Must End
If all can love their work, why should some be paid less? At my house, this is the best time of the year. As fall is poised to arrive, football season and school are both about to start. What could be better for a household of educators who love sports?! It also makes me think…
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It’s Time… Limit Licenses, Remove Tests, and Move On
For my St. Patrick’s Day lunch reading I opened the monthly email from NC Public Schools, From the Board Room: Activities of the NC Board of Education. March’s update includes a recap of the presentation about LETRS training, a lot about charter schools, and sandwiched in the middle a recap NC’s Limited Licenses. Let’s pause…
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New Year’s Resolutions?
This morning I had met with my grant team for the first time in 2022. The project is focused on preparing more diverse teachers with a partner school district. Since this project started during the covid-19 pandemic, we have built community via zoom and to do this, we always start each meeting with check-in. Today’s…
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