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Where Does Journalism End…and Bullying Begin? Teacher Data Reports and the Media
Tweed Courthouse, headquarters of the NYC Department of Education. Image via Wikipedia On November 16, 1801, a group of New York politicians led by Alexander Hamilton began a political broadsheet that...
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Videos for the Classroom: Dr. Seuss’ The Butter Battle Book
In our belated homage to Dr. Seuss on his March 2nd birthday, the Neighborhood presents a video of one of Seuss’ greatest–and most controversial–works. In 1984, Seuss’ The Butter Battle Book caused a...
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Ready for Inspection! The Problem with “Quality Reviews”
“No matter how nitpicky, how fastidious a reviewer can be, he (she)’ll never, ever come close to what you actually do in your classroom.” Some time ago, an acquaintance I knew from the Department of...
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How to Evaluate Online Sources, thanks to NCSS
It’s high time students stop mining Wikipedia for their research projects. Without adequate library resources, the Internet is often a kid’s only avenue for research. Yet even teachers get frustrated...
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Videos for the Classroom: Becoming American-The Immigrant Experience
Immigration and the immigrant experience is a key element of the American experience. Yet to get a real look at what it means to be an immigrant, it helps to look past the steerage section, the Statue...
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Petition to keep the Global History and Geography Regents as a Graduation...
World map – Produced in Amsterdam First edition : 1689. Original size : 48.3 x 56.0 cm. Produced using copper engraving. Extremely rare set of maps, only known in one other example in the Amsterdam...
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ORBIS: The Coolest Map of the Roman Empire Ever, thanks to Stanford University
ORBIS view, courtesy of Stanford University If all roads led to Rome, then how many roads must a man walk down to get to Rome… or Athens…or Alexandria…or Jerusalem for that matter? The folks at our...
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Making the case for Parochial Schools in the NCLB age
Yes, Sister Mary Margaret, there is a place for you and the rest of the “penguins.” It’s just difficult to see against the tests, the balance sheets, and the armada of charter and magnet schools...
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Why don’t they want history taught right? A response to a History Commentary...
Sometimes it isn’t about whether someone is right or wrong. Sometimes you’re just in the wrong conversation altogether. That’s the vibe I got as I read a recent article in Education Week about how...
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More Slavery Math Problems: Another Example of Clumsy Content Integration in NYC
Today’s post is proof positive that not every teacher visits the Neighborhood—especially when it’s for their own good. A year ago, we looked at the plight of a Georgia teacher who made a clumsy and...
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A Letter to Andrew Cuomo: Mr. D for New York’s new P-12 Assistant Education...
English: New York State Capitol viewed from the south, located on the north end of the Empire State Plaza in Albany, New York (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Dear Governor Cuomo: I hear that you’re losing...
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Review of Khan Academy’s “American History Overview Part 1: Jamestown to...
I had not been a huge fan of Khan Academy. Even before I started working with one of its competitors, I generally took a dim view of anyone that thought they could do better than a teacher with just a...
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Cool Link for the Classroom: The Periodic Table of the Presidents
Periodic Table of the Presidents, courtesy of Periodicpresidents.com A huge thanks to P.J. Creek for sharing his amazing work here at the Neighborhood. P.J. is an eighth grade social studies teacher...
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Can We Keep it This Simple?: A Response to Amy Weisberg’s Huffington Post...
The simplest solution may be the best…unless it really isn’t that simple at all. Recently, a 32-year veteran teacher, Amy Weisberg, wrote an article for the Huffington Post outlining five necessary...
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Video for the Classroom: A Tour through Ancient Rome, courtesy of Khan...
This is the type of history video Khan Academy needs! A Tour Through Ancient Rome is a collaboration between Khan and the Rome Reborn project, an initiative to create digital models of Rome from its...
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David Letterman – Top Ten Reasons I’ve Decided to Become a Teacher
I’m knee deep in LearnZillion work as I came back from my long break. The Gilder Lehrman conference at USC was great–wonderful professors, cool colleagues, and a special shout out to the folks at Tiki...
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The Education War – Who is winning?
The word “quagmire” gets thrown around pretty casually these days. Civil unrest. “Nation building.” Revolutions. Economic crisis. Natural disasters. The Q-word has been used repeatedly for so many of...
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How to Teach about 9/11 – Some Resources
English: World Trade Center, New York, aerial view March 2001. Français : Le World Trade Center à New York. Vue aérienne datant de mars 2001. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Every year, I tell my 9/11 story....
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Machiavelli’s advice to Mayor DeBlasio on his recent education defeat
“…there is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.” – The Prince, Chapter...
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Videos for the Classroom: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Today marks the 149th anniversary of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Maybe outside of the JFK killing, it is probably the most documented single homicide in American history. It has been...
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