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To kick off my first post of 2012, I felt highlighting a smattering of Teach For Us bloggers would be a good idea. Below are a number of New Years/reflection/resolution-themed posts from around the site. Check them out.
And it’s 2012, A Modern Bildungsroman (January 3)
Tennyson, Stir Up the World (January 2)
New Years Resolutions, mathinaz (January 2)
The 2 weeks that I was not Mi’ Ball, My Journey in the Delta (January 1)
Reflections and Resolutions, “Tenemos problemas pero andamos happy…” (December 31)
Resolving to Reconnect, River Deep, Mountain High (December 31)
Year Ends, Caroline in the Delta (December 30)
I have maximized my relaxation time thus far over break, spending time with family, enjoying good food, actually sleeping and spending very little time on lesson planning and absolutely no time on grading! Hopefully, you have been able to relax and enjoy the holiday season too. In keeping with the spirit of the season, I…
read more »Last night we did a major software upgrade. It seems that we’ve criss crossed some wires and, in the process, prevented images from working inside of posts. Rest assured, we’re on it. Thanks for your patience. Update: All posts after July 15, 2010 are restored. Older posts will be restored soon.
read more »We’re doing a big behind-the-scenes upgrade to the software that powers Teach For Us. We will start our upgrades at 12:00 AM ET tonight, Sunday December 18. The process could take up to one hour. For most visitors, this process will be seamless. However, there will be a few moments when it will not be…
read more »After the tough teacher month of October, November seems to be a much happier place. Routines begin to normalize, those students who resisted compliance and forming positive relationships with the teacher begin to come around, and before you know it, Thanksgiving, the end of the semester and Winter Break pop up out of nowhere. November…
read more »If you are a regular reader of Teach For Us, you probably know that we like to feature a variety of posts on the top of our homepage, with a new crop posted each week. These posts are selected for diversity of perspective, uniqueness of content and general interest. In case you missed the posts…
read more »I know we featured this post in our sliders on the homepage and sent it out through our social media on Twitter and Facebook, but it really is a great story. If you haven’t read it yet, this post is a must read from a Delta CM on why he stayed in TFA, even though…
read more »We’re a community, so we’re seeking community input for our strategic vision setting process. Requirements, generally, will be twice-monthly phone meetings scheduled evenings and/or weekends with various deliverables produced in collaboration with others on the committee. You can help us decide where we’re headed… there are a lot of potentials! If you’re interested or want…
read more »Through our contact us page, we received this video presentation created by a German nonprofit as a part of Project WissenWerte. The video gives a pretty good summary of the current understanding of human rights and might be a useful and engaging tool for helping teach this concept in a high school social studies curriculum.…
read more »The Washington DC region experienced a bit of a tremor Tuesday, and I’m not referring to Matt Damon’s interview during the Save Our Schools march from a few weeks back or even Standard and Poor’s historic downgrade of U.S. credit. On Tuesday, an earthquake rippled across the mid-Atlantic region with a 5.8 magnitude at it’s…
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