I don’t talk about my job much on here, but I participated in a great activity at work this week that has been sitting on my conscience for a few days. I work for the Office of English Learners for Metro Schools (big district in Nashville), and my job title is ELD (English Language Development) …
Tag: ESL
Common Core Standards Part 3: Why I Like Them
FINALLY! A month later, I’m finally getting back to the third installment of my Common Core Standards series! I apologize for the delay, folks! Click below to read the first two parts. Part 1 – Common Core Standards: Busting the Myths Part 2 – Common Core Standards: What Do the Teachers Think? So, here we …
Common Core Standards, Part 2: What Do the Teachers Think?
This is Part 2 of what will be a 3-part series on Common Core State Standards. Part 1: Busting the Myths can be found here. Part 3 will be my own reasons for supporting Common Core, as well as a couple of drawbacks I see to the standards. My goal for this post was to …
“Is This a Brown School?” – On Teaching My Kids About Diversity
Last night I took my kids to a fall festival at one of the schools I work with. I actually taught at this school for five years, so it’s always like coming home when I go over there. This school is about 65% English Learners and probably 90% kids from a language background other than …
Common Core Standards: Catching Up On Informational Text
I am writing this post in response to an article titled “New education standards elbow out literature” by Alex Halperin at the online news magazine Salon. The standards that Halperin refers to are the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), which all but four states have adopted as their K-12 curriculum standards. Halperin suggests that the CCSS …