Most of the nation’s schools are now open and running, but what of education? Here in New Jersey and in much of the New York suburbs, the opening week was an exercise in damage control. Most school districts, including mine, that do not have air-conditioning suffered through a terrible four days that saw students and… Continue reading Teachers Need Some R-E-S-P-E-C-T
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The Back-To-School Special: What You Know Beats How You Feel. Every Time.
My school district thought that it would just a fabulous idea to have the faculty report at the end of August, and not wait until September as they had for, say, the past 110 years. And to try and mollify us, in addition to giving us something to think about, they contracted with Dr. Robert Brooks and had… Continue reading The Back-To-School Special: What You Know Beats How You Feel. Every Time.