Carnival of Education

This week’s Carnival of Education has another lineup of fascinating posts (including this one from TEN!). In particular, check out:

Putting the Public Back in ‘Public Education’
Renee Moore of the Teacher Leaders Network blog TeachMoore talks about reconnecting the communities to schools.

Educators have always had a higher calling than simply to generate a workforce; we were to produce thinking, responsible citizens. However, we were never expected to do it entirely on our own.

English is Yours!
NYC Educator reminds us that our students’ parents are also English Language Learners.

On the way home, she told her husband, “I can speak English. I could say whatever I want. And everyone understood me. Not only that, but they were afraid of me.”

She was delighted. And the next week, when her child had a new and better speech therapist, she was even more delighted.

The First Step is Admitting You Have a Problem
Paul at Scripted Sponteneity makes a confession about his teaching:

But, in reality, I am that guy. I am the self-absorbed “Sage on the Stage” that turns every class period into a one-man stand-up comedy show. I keep their attention by making them laugh. I bestow knowledge and dispel myth from my lofty residence at the front of the room…

You’ll notice that I use the present tense to describe this problem, in a similar way to how a recovering alcoholic will always call himself an alcoholic. I will always be that guy. Now, I just have to begin to become That Teacher.

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