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Last Day at Standing Rock
This blog was first posted at Bustedpencils.com on 11/10/2016. My blogging will now encompass my additional activist work outside of education, so you can read my work here and at BustedPencils.This...
View ArticleWhy did I have to "tell you so?"
This blog was first posted at Bustedpencils.com on 11/19/2016. My blogging will now encompass my additional activist work outside of education, so you can read my work here and at BustedPencils."All...
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Jewell Elementary offers PARCC (CMAS) Incentives
On Friday, March 3rd, Jewell Elementary parents received a letter regarding PARCC incentives. Yes - it's THAT time of year. Many Colorado schools refer to PARCC as CMAS. To catch new readers up to...
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Retweet to @aurorak12 please re: PARCC incentives at Jewell Elementary
If you read my post from last Sunday you will know that there is currently a PARCC incentive plan afoot in my former school, Jewell Elementary in the Aurora Public School District. The plan will reward...
View ArticleJewell Elementary & Aurora Public Schools Skirt Law
Letter sent to Colorado State Board of Education, as well as media, senators who sponsored bill, Aurora Education Association, Aurora superintendent office and Aurora school board.Dear Board Members,I...
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The Interregnum
I pulled up my blog a few days ago to see when I wrote my last entry. It was in March of 2017. Almost six months of no blogging! Very rare for me. I left my job in Aurora Public Schools in May of 2016....
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"Bring Our Chickens Home" Day
Today was Bring Our Chickens Home Day. I know this makes my chicken friends especially happy. For my education friends I'll continue to try to connect my thinking to the radical transformation of our...
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Social Emotional Data. The new Cash Cow in the Corporate Assessment Industry
Recently I was asked to allow my son to participate in a survey at school. The "opt in" survey form specifically stated, "the questions on the survey relate to peer relationships, how safe students...
View Article#timesup for Domestic Abusers
I was a victim of domestic abuse for approximately 18 years. Hearing the stories of Colbie Holderness and Jennifer Willoughby, the former wives of Rob Porter, was like hearing my own story.As the...
View ArticleOpting out of the Dinosaur (end of year test)
Today I sent in a second letter to refuse PARCC/CMAS for my son, Luke. The first email I sent at the beginning of the year was not sufficient as they required a "form" opt out letter which I refused to...
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