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Today I want to address this common misconception that everyone bilingual can easily translate. In education, there seems to be this tendency to grab the nearest person that can speak a given language and have them translate anything that pops up. The fact is, this is a terrible idea. People may be bilingual, but translation
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Recently, a teacher in Idaho was ordered to pull two posters from her classroom that were deemed “too political”. One stated “Everyone is welcome here” with hands of different “flesh” colors. The other said “Everyone in this room is welcome, important, accepted, respected, encouraged, valued, and equal” in rainbow colors. She was ordered to pull
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I used to have a fantastic principal that really knew how to do design training so it was relevant and far more than sitting in the cafeteria all day. She would put on such training as “Painting with a Twist” (no wine, of course!) for the importance of giving exact directions, a dance party for
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I was on facebook the other day and read a viral post by a parent. It said “I told my children that if they need to go to the restroom at school and their teacher says no, go anyway. I’ll deal with the teacher.” I’ll be totally honest and tell you that this post made
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It’s human nature to always want to be right, and we are often embarrassed to be wrong. If you’re anything like me, I don’t want to open my month until I’m sure I’m correct, because I absolutely hate looking like an idiot in front of anyone. In the past, very few of us were taught
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I started really thinking about our attitudes towards mathematics while I was doing a Duolingo program the other day. I recently started a new teaching job at a charter school in Liberty County, Texas, called International Leadership of Texas. All students of all races are required to take yearly courses in English, Spanish, and Mandarin
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As time has passed, the idea of what makes a good teacher has shifted rather dramatically. When I was a kid, most people thought of a good teacher simply as one that passed on the information in a lecture, and it was your responsibility to stay awake and learn it. There is a small amount
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I don’t think that there is a single 18 year old in existence that knows exactly what they are going to do in life, and I was certainly no exception. Our early adulthood is a time to make dumb mistakes in the process of figuring out life, after all. I had no way to know
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