This is for every teacher who refuses to be blamed for the failure of our society to erase poverty and inequality, and refuses to accept assessments, tests and evaluations imposed by those who have contempt for real teaching and learning.
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Being a blogger myself, I have a lot of repect for the small time writers. We all know and probably follow the big dogs in educational blogging so I thought I would create this sticky for us to genrate a list of member blogs. I for one am very interested in following my fellow BATs blogs.
Just reply with your blog name, url, your name and general description. I'll begin.
Oh come on! I'm not the only one with a blog. Sure, we'll never have the million+ followers of Diane Ravitch, but that shouldn't hold us back from promoting our efforts to each other.
Plus, don't make me look like such a narcissist by posting my blog here lol.
High School Chemistry Teacher. 7th year HS teaching. Franklin Central. Indianapolis, In
My stories, reflections, challenges, frustrations, and funny stories about my experiences as a high school teacher.
The name, as you might guess, comes from the old adage, "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink." In education, we are required to get the horse to drink whether it wants to or not, hence the title.
Jeff Bigler
Physics Teacher; Lynn English HS; Lynn, MA, USA
I am the webmaster and blogger for my local union's blog. I write about a lot of the things that BAT members would be passionate about...
Blog Name: Port Jefferson Station Teachers Association URL: thepjsta.org Author: isles5 Description: News and information that our members and all educators should be reading!
36 years in Public education. 9 years in self contained K-12 Hearing Impaired class; 4 years in self-contained K-5 SLI class (severe language impaired); 23 years SLP, the last 6 years in Middle and High schools.
Post by erinosborne on Aug 23, 2013 18:48:18 GMT -5
Would love to connect with other BAT bloggers! Mine is www.honestpracticum.com. Right now it's like an education variety show but I will be shifting to a broader range of topics. My goal is to translate what is going on in the education world for the parents, teachers, and students who are interested but unfamiliar.
I started my website to update the world on the progress of my fantasy novel, but my disillusionment with the system has increased so much so that I can't help but blog about it. My website is www.rcbach.com.
I am younger teacher, and I went to school to be an administrator. However, I am so frustrated with the system that I won't do the job--and that makes me angry. I am a former failed student who wants to help disenfranchised kiddos, but I see the system as disenfranchising more and more kids. How can I participate in that system? I can't do it.
I want better than we are giving our students. I want better than we are giving our teachers. I want better for frustrated administrators even. I want better for myself. We all must stand united to make change a reality.
The only way the system doesn't change for the better is if we are complicit in letting it change for the worse. Our actions dictate the outcome. I say again, our actions dictate the outcome. We teachers united have the power.
Until finding BAT, I felt like a man alone, but I now have the slightest sliver of hope. If you are like me and have hope again, let us use that hope to demand what our students deserve.
When I transitioned from a corporate tech writer to a teacher, I used my tech writing skills to create a blog for schools. The idea is to have each school become a neighborhood technology center, mainly by using wikis and social media. I created this a few years ago, and the Department of Ed would like me to promote it. I've tried, but it seems there are much more pressing topics in education. So, it's kind of on the back burner now. www.schoodl.com
Post by tspelczech on Sept 27, 2013 18:34:25 GMT -5
Long time blogger, first time poster. Snarky commentary on the once great state of Michissippi and its slow decline can be found on tspelczech.wordpress.com.
Hi! We're two high school teachers from CPS (Chicago Public Schools); we're thoroughly disgusted with the educational profiteers who've infiltrated our district in the hopes of tran$forming it with their flimsy promises of excellence, choice, rigor and no excuses (and in the meantime, disgusting us with their $200 shoes)