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Back to school
Those three words used to create dread and excitement when I was an elementary school student. I dreaded things like getting up early, riding the bus, being in P.E., having to get to know new teachers, wondering which of my friends would be in my class, eating in the school cafeteria. Few things about the…
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Why I’m Happy School is Starting Again
Ah, back-to-school time. That season of the year when store shelves are brimming with shiny new pens, markers, notebooks, and lunch boxes, and clothing racks are stuffed with fashions for going back to school. Parents groan because of the expense of equipping the kids with everything required for the new school year–but those shoes fit…
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10 Things Your Child’s High School Teacher Wants You to Know
Kids are back in school, and so are teachers and administrators. As a retired teacher with 30 years of teaching under my belt, I thought I would share a few things. Today I am talking to parents of high schoolers. 1. I may have up to 180 students to keep up with.…
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Teacher Tuesday: Classroom Prep
It’s August and “back to school” season in stores and on school campuses. School buildings have sat almost dormant all summer–except for summer school–allowing custodians to do heavy cleaning, maintenance to rebuild and repair, and administrators to catch up and plan for the coming year. Summers are all too short for educators for whom the…
April Coker, Author 