When I was a student at the Graduate School of Education, I went to see one of my advisors, Jack Nelson. I had a series of questions for him, but what was most on my mind was what adjustments I’d have to make for the interview process. I started asking a question with a preface: …
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According to Niche, Hillsborough High School is the 44th best high school in the state of New Jersey! But US News & World Report has us down at 79th best. GreatSchools.org doesn’t rank schools in that way, but it has HHS as “above average,” only an 8/10 on their scale. I could dig deeper and …
Three years ago I became aware of a kit being sold for classrooms that brought the ideas of escape rooms into the classroom. Instead of escaping the room, the goal is actually to get inside a box for some ultimate goal. A single kit from Breakoutedu.com costs $150 and includes the main box, a smaller …
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The continuing saga of the Nigerian scammer. Part 1 is here, Part 2 here. Full disclosure: it isn’t actually over. I tried to wrap it up, but their desire for verisimilitude slowed things down. I will do everything I can to wrap things up and provide some bonus material next Sunday. For purposes of flow, …
We had off on Monday due to Rosh Hashanah. It ended up being a lazy, but not really relaxing day for me, and I had to drag myself to school on Tuesday somewhat exhausted despite mostly hanging around the house for three straight days. TUESDAYMy day started somewhat hectic as it was the first day …
Today marks the fiftieth consecutive day that I have posted a blog. I didn’t know whether it would be possible to maintain a daily blog quite that long — and there have been a couple of days in the last two weeks where I felt a little anxiety about coming up with a subject — …
When I started teaching I was only a few years older than my oldest students, so I chose not to answer inquiries about my age. Actually, there was one point where I decided to answer virtually any question students had. As a teetotaler throughout my youth, I could be honest about the inevitable questions about …
What I’m about to write is blasphemy to at least half the social studies teachers I know: I make very little effort to keep my political views a secret. I usually do not share my political views. Most of the time it isn’t relevant to what I’m teaching. While I could weigh in on any …
Side note before I get started: ever tried to find a picture of cooperative learning online where students aren’t obviously posed, pointing at something and smiling ear to ear? I couldn’t relate the history of cooperative learning as I never studied its origins, but the basic premise — that students can learn as much from …
Last week I provided a series of transcripts of exchanges between a scam artist and the fictitious Milton Danglewitz. It was getting so long that I decided to break it up into parts. Here is the exciting part 2… September 6, 1:56 am Hello Mr Milton how are you doing today, hope all is well …
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