Can't even describe how much I hate what AI has done to the process of grading student work. I hate finding it, I hate the paranoia it fosters, I hate the confrontations with students who have used it. Nothing else in my experience has ever changed my job this much for the worse
How do high school teachers handle the whiplash? One day, the teens'll be driving me absolutely bonkers. The next, it's like, "oh never mind, it turns out they're the best people to have ever lived." And then the cycle repeats.
Hi, @ClintSmithIII! I’m working with @ReportingLabs. From June 19-27, teen reporters will be producing stories in DC. One group would like to interview you re: the National Cathedral’s racial justice-themed stained glass windows. Please DM me for more info about their request!
Teaching in April is exhausting, but there is something special about having freshmen come into class on a Monday and tell you they missed you over the weekend.
Israel has launched a series of strikes on Rafah, the densely populated city on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip on the Egyptian border where 1.4 million Palestinians have fled. https://t.co/K5lAKn64eI
US teachers on average spend 28 hours of their work week in face-to-face instruction.
Finland? 21 hours.
Japan? 18 hours.
Who could have guessed that giving teachers more time time to plan, assess, give feedback, engage in professional learning, etc. would improve outcomes?