By AKOM Guest Blogger Sally Hunter I am struck by the reality that schools today require teachers to become skilled performers in an increasingly complex and critical balancing act. In more and more public classrooms, elementary teachers are asked to spend the bulk of their day following impersonal lesson plans, preparing students for mandated [...]
Archive for the ‘Testing’ Category
Tipping the Balance in Students’ Favor
Posted in Classroom Culture, Learning, Teacher Effectiveness, Teachers, Testing on January 19, 2011 | 2 Comments »
AKOM Private v Public
Posted in Private School, Testing, tagged PPT, Private School on May 8, 2008 | 4 Comments »
My role at Forman School, a private school for bright college bound learning disabled students centers on bringing two different playing fields together. A percentage of our students are funded by their local school districts. I have to deal with the districts, attorneys, advocates and parents. One issue that surfaced with regard to public schools [...]





