Archives for January 2014

Nevada Schools Worst in Nation at Giving Students Chance for Success

For many teachers in the Silver State, constantly being told that your state is the worst in education can be somewhat demoralizing, so as yet another report comes out about how crappy Nevada’s schools are, there’s bound to be a lot of hemming and hawing, quick fixes that don’t work, and the general throwing of […]

A Quick and Easy Common Core Writing Assignment

My good friend and award winning yearbook editor Bill Tobler hounded me for about six weeks over some silly writing assignment he wanted my students to do for inclusion in this year’s edition of the FHS yearbook. He gave me the forms back in September. I immediately placed them in my “get to later” basket […]