The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned.
~Antonio Gramsci

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Time Flies

Wow, somehow almost an entire year has gone by since my last post. But, it's a new year, I've got a new job, and I'm going to make a fresh start on blogging. Hopefully, the middle schoolers will provide me with some fresh, awkward, heart-warming material. For now, here are a couple links I've come across recently worth checking out:

1. A teacher in LA Unified discusses the challenges of teaching in a too-large, heterogeneous classroom. I identified with many of her experiences. Here is further evidence supporting my belief that smaller class sizes make for a better learning environment and happier teachers and students!

The LA Times Article

2. And here's a great clip by another champion of public education, Matt Damon, speaking at the Save our Schools Rally in Washington:

See Matt Damon bald and in charge

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