Last week, we received a classroom “view” from Sarah Garb, a second grade teacher from Two Rivers Public Charter School here in D.C. We’re thrilled to revive our “View From Your Classroom” series with Sarah’s view. Sarah wrote a whole post about her classroom view (excerpt below) on her blog “Dead Class Poets.” (Sarah’s blog is great and well [...]
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A View from the Inca Classroom
We haven’t seen any Classroom Views from modern-day teachers in a few weeks. But classroom views have been around for centuries!
On my recent trip to Machu Picchu, I was surprised to learn that this Lost City of the Incas had at one time housed a thriving university. (Machu U?) This was hardly an open-enrollment [...]
The View From Your Classroom
We’re delighted to share two photos today from Kristi Thomas, Mt. Vernon Woods Elementary School’s band director.
Ms. Thomas writes of her school and photos:
Mt. Vernon Woods Elementary School is nestled in a neighborhood in Alexandria, Va., and is a Fairfax County Public School. Our school is a diverse one—students come from many countries and backgrounds. It has [...]
The View From Your Classroom
Check out the view from Kimberly Wilson’s classroom. Wilson is a 7th Grade math teacher at Plymouth Educational Center in Detroit, Michigan:
If you look closely, you can see Detroit’s skyline in the far distance. Check out past views here. And, don’t forget to send in your views for upcoming posts.
The View From Your Classroom
Second Grade Teacher Ashley Tugman (also fiancé to ES’s Forrest Hinton) sends in two views from her classroom at Noyes Elementary School in northeast Washington D.C. Since her class borders the playground, the “shade-drawn view” is a more regular occurance.
Keep sending in your classroom views! Check out past views here.
The View From Your Classroom
Today’s “view” is from sunny California’s Fresno High School. Ms. Delaine Zody, who teaches marketing, yearbook, and multimedia at Fresno sent in today’s photo via flickr.
Keep sending in your classroom views! Check out our previous posts to see our other recent views.
The View From Your Classroom
Today’s “view” comes to us from a technology classroom at Sunset Park Preparatory Middle School in Brooklyn, N.Y. Thanks for sending in this great photo, Ms. Apfel!
Got a classroom? How’s the view? Send us your photos! Alternatively, upload your photos to our Flickr pool. See previous posts here and here for more on what we’re looking for.
The View From Your Classroom
Last week, we introduced the new feature “The View From Your Classroom.” Inspired by Andrew Sullivan’s “View From Your Window,” we asked educators from across the country to show us the what they see from their classrooms. We’ve gotten some wonderful submissions so far and we’re very happy to present this Halloween-inspired classroom “view” from Leslie [...]
The View from Your Classroom
This week we launch a new feature: The View from Your Classroom. Based on Andrew Sullivan’s wildly popular The View from Your Window, we’ll showcase views from classrooms around the country, like the one below from Brian Woodward, an English teacher at Paint Branch High School in Burtonsville, Md. (He’s also ES Senior Policy Analyst Elena Silva’s husband).
We hope you will share [...]
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03/19/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on college graduation rates and the NCAA Tournament in the Detroit Free Press.
03/19/10 | Linda Perlstein links to Education Sector's "College- and Career-Ready" event.
03/17/10 | Ben Miller's column on graduation rates and NCAA Tournament eligibility is mentioned on The Wall Street Journal's The Daily Fix.
03/17/10 | Kevin Carey's critique of Diane Ravitch's latest book is quoted in Doublethink's Conventional Folly blog.
03/15/10 | Ben Miller pens an op-ed for US News & World Report on using graduation rates to determine NCAA Tournament eligibility.