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Category Archives: School Program
Re-inventing Herb
Yesterday, at Winco, I was thumbing through the August Wired, which I seldom buy. My eye was caught by an article, “The New Way To Be a Fifth Grader,” and I took it home. A breath of fresh air! In an … Continue reading
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Philosophy of Education
In 1970, give or take a year, Payette High School underwent its first ten-year evaluation, a brand-new initiative, part of the accreditation process. I remember a Visitation Team of administrators from other districts, teachers of various disciplines from other districts, … Continue reading
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Pay to Play, 2
According to The Idaho Statesman, 6/12/2011, Meridian school district students who wish to play sports will have to pay a fee of $100 to be on a team this coming year. Faced with declining funds from the state and from … Continue reading
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Senior Project Inception
December 8 and 9, 2010, I returned to Nampa High School to evaluate Senior Project Presentations, as I have continued to do since retirement. Earlier this semester, in correspondence with colleagues at NHS, I was asked how the Senior Project … Continue reading
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Performance Reviews
This summer, 7-9-2010 to be exact, on NPR, I heard a review of Samuel Culbert’s book Get Rid of the Performance Review. Although Culbert’s book is aimed at the corporate world, I was struck by how many of his points … Continue reading
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Pay to Play
Recently, I went to the John Best High School Orchestra Festival at the Morrison Center on the Boise State University campus. Eleven high school orchestras from around the valley represented their respective schools. There were 190 young musicians on the … Continue reading
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