Students Should Decompose Fractions – Teacher Tech
I am a big fan of helping students to use STRATEGIES when approaching math rather than mindlessly following steps in an algorithm. Personally, I rarely follow order of operations when simplifying a math expression. Having number sense means you look at…
How Twitter’s “Teacher Li” became the central hub of China protest information
It’s hard to describe the feeling that came after. It’s like everyone is coming to you and all kinds of information from all over the world is converging toward you and [people are] telling you: Hey, what’s happening here; hey, what’s happening there; do…
Slidesmania and Choice Boards – Teacher Tech
Paula at Slidesmania provides FREE Google Slides (and PowerPoint and Canva) templates for you to have spiffy looking presentations. My add-on Hyperlink Slides Choice Board makes it easy to turn your Google Slides into a choice board with links to the…
Retired Pennsylvania choir teacher charged with assault of minors after former students come forward
A retired Pennsylvania choir teacher is charged with two counts of indecent assault on minors after new allegations were made following a public announcement of charges last month. Joseph Ohrt, the former choir teacher at Central Bucks West High School…
Griffin middle school teacher arrested after hitting student with laptop charger
Cassandra Barlow, a teacher at Kennedy Road Middle School in Griffin, voluntarily went to the Spalding sheriff’s office to be interviewed Wednesday evening, the same day the incident took place, Sheriff Darrell Dix said in a news release. Barlow was…
Messenger: Parson’s dismissal of pandemic emergency limits substitute teacher pool | Tony Messenger
It was Thursday night at about 8 p.m. Wayne Baldwin, a retired Kirkwood School District science teacher, received a text from an administrative assistant in the school district. “Can you please sub tomorrow?” it said. “We are desperate.” This is a…
Teacher no longer at Anacapa Middle School after recorded diatribe makes national news
Anacapa Middle School in Ventura An Anacapa Middle School history teacher is no longer working at the Ventura campus after an investigation sparked by a video of in-class comments that have made international news. On Friday, Ventura Unified School…
Musselman High teacher charged in connection with child porn was put on leave
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A Musselman High School teacher and athletic trainer has been charged related to the discovery of child pornography and child erotica, according to West Virginia State Police. Douglas Wilson was charged with felony distribution and…
School Forced Teacher to Take Down ‘Political’ Pro-Police Flag, Despite Allowing BLM Symbols
A teacher in Washington state was reportedly forced to remove a pro-police flag from her middle school classroom after administrators deemed it a “political message,” despite allowing messages in support of Black Lives Matter and LGBTQ pride flags to…