tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278295496608220973.comments2023-02-01T00:43:00.235-08:00The Master EducatorAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13582332953163955437noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278295496608220973.post-9850399936520506122014-02-21T03:53:23.119-08:002014-02-21T03:53:23.119-08:00I am always searching online for articles that can...I am always searching online for articles that can help me. There is obviously a lot to know about this. I think you made some good points in Features also. Keep working, great job! <a href="http://www.collegespirit.me/" rel="nofollow">scholarships for college students</a><br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09988824537426226265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278295496608220973.post-59311390314495571562013-04-24T03:00:11.610-07:002013-04-24T03:00:11.610-07:00Great post! I am very happy after read this articl...Great post! I am very happy after read this article. Thanks for sharing the information with us and hope to see your next update soon. what is physical therapyhttp://spineandsportsmed.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278295496608220973.post-72994259815459942782013-04-22T09:00:58.731-07:002013-04-22T09:00:58.731-07:00Tutoring can really help students because they wil...Tutoring can really help students because they will have extra time to study more about their subjects, particularly the difficult ones. This is nice and I've heard people who goes in <a href="http://www.educaidtutoring.com/" rel="nofollow">SAT prep queens</a> who said that tutoring really helped them with their grades. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278295496608220973.post-44303377398124310002013-01-18T02:38:38.592-08:002013-01-18T02:38:38.592-08:00This is a great improvement. Thanks for the update...This is a great improvement. Thanks for the update. Well, for those who seek to learn more aside from the elementary stuff that is taught in school <a href="http://www.educaidtutoring.com/" rel="nofollow">elementary ed tutoring</a> provides a higher form of leaning.Michellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278295496608220973.post-3767909580022530852012-12-07T10:24:10.432-08:002012-12-07T10:24:10.432-08:00Silence Do-Good,
I couldn't agree with you mo...Silence Do-Good, <br />I couldn't agree with you more. Many in the legislature follow the philosophy, "if you can't teach, make laws for those that can." We all know that the average person representing us could not last a week with our students and that is with the laws they passed. Can you imagine Rick Snyder lasting a few days in a classroom where the students did not recognize him? Let him go to any classroom in the inner-city. <br />The problem is the laws are ignorant. When I taught in Florida I taught in a school that was upper class socio-economically and the state paid bonuses to teachers who taught in schools that made an A or improved the schools grade. I sure liked my bonus but it was truly not fair. In other schools in that same county that had Title One kids, the teachers I taught with later were quality teachers. Unfortunately, they never got their bonus because they had a ton of transient kids that were low readers and many were in a gang. When I taught there later on I saw the great job they did but never had a chance at the state bonus. they spent their own money for breakfasts, school supplies and so on but were labeled inferior because the kids they had had more problems and came from cultures where education was not valued. If you switched the teachers at the Title 1 teachers with the upper socio-economic ones, they results most likely would have been no different and the results would have been reversed. This happened all over Florida. Guess who the Governor wa sat the time? Jeb Bush. It has gotten much worse under Rick Scott. Snyder is cut from the same cloth. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13582332953163955437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278295496608220973.post-66354402727735954162012-12-07T05:28:55.372-08:002012-12-07T05:28:55.372-08:00Have we looked enough at poverty and it's role...Have we looked enough at poverty and it's role in "failing" schools? How many schools that are in the bottom 5% in test scores are in the highest poverty areas?<br /> <br />In Oakland County where I teach, MEAP scores are ranked one for one for 27 districts when you compare test scores and poverty rates. Lower poverty rates=higher test scores. Higher poverty rates=lower test scores. Silence Do-Goodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278295496608220973.post-86154176593561183482012-12-05T12:37:27.925-08:002012-12-05T12:37:27.925-08:00If you are basing this off of the article, the ass...If you are basing this off of the article, the assessment coordinator was put on leave, not the superintendent. Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03938635539578047632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278295496608220973.post-33971558550355815212012-12-05T08:12:39.158-08:002012-12-05T08:12:39.158-08:00Roy, I'm a mentor for 3 teams that are under t...Roy, I'm a mentor for 3 teams that are under the umbrella of 'robotics'. We love as much attention as possible, but a little more digging is needed before this story goes out. <br />There is the OCCRA- Oakland County Competitive Robotics Association, made up of teams from Oakland County high schools. Student led, designed, and built bots (much like erector sets, NO welding) with teacher mentors for guidance. Two sizes of bots can be created, large and VEX the smaller robots. This is usually where students get their feet wet to see if they are interested in more. This league is from September until November.<br />There is a newer league that is moving in called VEX. It is also high school aged kids and the bots are smaller. The season overlapped OCCRA, played within OCCRA and has it's own championship and separate tournaments.<br />These experiences lead to 'the big bots' of FIRST Robotics Competition. See usFIRST.org<br />FRC is the Grand-Daddy of the high school robotics competitions. Teams are often associated with a high school, but do not have to be. Teams are assembling around the world as this is written. The carrot to the media and most observers is the intricate robots the teams design and build in only 6 weeks, based on a 'game' released the first Saturday in January. I say 'carrot' because most observers never see the organization, volunteers, the writing, the media based promotion, the community outreach, or the business plans that the students participate in before the robot is built and the public competition begins. Each team has a dedicated core of volunteers from the professional communities of engineering, business, and teachers. Many teams have various corporate and local business sponsors. Michigan is one of the anchor sites for FIRST. We have the toughest competition here between our selves due to the student experiences (OCCRA) and the mentors that guide the teams (many from the big 3 and their suppliers). We are the first state to hold a State Championship to qualify for the World Tournament at FIRST. You have to be darn good and have things running your way to qualify and make it to 'Worlds'. <br />So, Oakland County robotics is soooooo much more than a bunch of kids-nerds or geeks-if you will, cheering for their team. These are dedicated kids who are getting a step ahead in their future because they participated in FIRST Robotics Competition teams. We are encouraging them to be interested in the science, technology, engineering, and math fields (STEM-hands on education). We are asking them to write, participate in their communities, to encourage younger students, to get off the couch, to create something they could only dream might be, to mentor each other, to dream of a community where everyone can follow a dream of becoming a professional. We are providing a platform of structure the educational community often does not, a project based learning environment that is fun, competitive, and has them coming back for more! <br />So, I challenge you, pick a team now, pick 3 or 4 teams and follow them. Start asking questions, each team is different from organization to years of experiences and mentors. Look at the direction education is taking, yes education! You will have lots to report on, this county is packed with kids who participate not because there is 14 million dollars in scholarship money available, but because it is FUN!<br />Just ask and I'll get you contacts from any team here or any we mentor outside of our great state!<br />Sincerely,<br />Kellie Determan<br />kdeterman@gmail.comKellie Determanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08938992606068689391noreply@blogger.com