Working in a district that is under “accreditation watch” while also working in one of the district’s “turnaround” schools brings intense stress and high stakes mandates everywhere you turn. I wonder if folks understand what it’s like to feel guilty about asking your school to purchase you a trashcan? Or – being told there are… Read more »

Now that opt out season is coming to a close and schools have moved on to field days and violating copyright laws by showing Disney movies in classrooms there is an interesting conversation emerging here in Wisconsin. What happens if the common core test (the Badger test) we gave isn’t scored? Seriously!  In Wisconsin we… Read more »

If you thought No Child Left Behind (NCLB), oops, I mean the Student Success Act was dead, think again.  Spring = rebirth. Heads Up! HR 5 (Student Success Act) Coming Back As Soon As April 13th https://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2015/03/31/heads-up-hr-5-student-success-act-coming-back-as-soon-as-april-6/ A book about United Opt Out? WHAT?!!  Come check it out A Handbook for the Education Revolution…It’s Here  http://educationalchemy.com/2015/03/30/a-handbook-for-the-education-revolution-its-here/… Read more »