Monday, January 6, 2014

NC LEGISLATIVE UPDATE - CHOICES HAVE CONSEQUENCES

NRMPS EDUCATORS: Last summer the NC General Assembly enacted several new pieces of legislation affecting education and the manner in which schools operate across the state.  Regardless of your political persuasion, these changes have sparked strong feelings from teachers, parents, and both supporters and detractors of traditional public education.  It is clear that a new conversation is necessary regarding how we educate students...

Friday, January 3, 2014

AN EXCELLENT ARTICLE: THE SOUL OF A TEACHER

NRMPS Educators: I ran across this article and thought I would share.  Enjoy. The Soul of a Teacher By CYNTHIA HUGHES From Community Works Journal In a recent chat, a teacher told me he was concerned that the soul of teaching was disappearing. He felt it sinking under the weight of standards, testing, standardized curriculum, and what he called the McDonald’s phenomenon that is sweeping the country unifying and smoothing out regional differences and making sure we’re all on the same page (literally).Well, souls have always interested...