The point was that corralling all your "problem" students together can create other problems. If she'd just asked me to stop reading during class I would have stopped, but the passive aggressive desk rearrangement just pissed me off and suddenly I had all these new friends who were equally committed to being boils on…

I wouldn't want to argue that women and especially women of color are not underrepresented and under-recognized for their place in historical events, but, um, this isn't famous because it isn't even remotely a historically significant event. It is no more than a tragic coincidence that she was also murdered. It is an…

Struggling students are often given preferential seating, near the teacher, so that their comprehension and their work can be monitored more closely, and they can get the assistance they need. This is a common accommodation for special ed students, english learners, and students with hearing and vision issues.

"Nationwide is on your side..."

So, I really like his idea on principle, but if he doesn't...change it somehow...to reflect that people are clearly struggling or not or whatever then it's kind of fucked.

Even behavior can be problematic. My sophomore English teacher decided that my habit of doing the homework during class instead of paying attention to the lecture made me a problem student. When she shuffled the seating order two weeks in I got a spot in front of her desk with the rest of the delinquents. I spent…

Assassination is an inappropriate word, especially given the mental illness of the killer. Years later, MLK Jr. would almost die in a similar situation in New York — a woman who had become fixated on religious figures due to her severe mental illness (I can't recall if it was bi-polar disorder or schizophrenia)…

I looked it up as well, Mitch Connor. We were posting about the same time. When I refreshed, I saw your post.

I'm still not 100% in agreement with calling this an assassination, but I'm thinking of various public figures such as John Lennon and googling to see how mainstream media reported their death. Apparently, the…

the constant references in the article to the young man being Black was, to me, racist.

I do not like that seating arrangement. Some people enjoy being closer to the teacher and other's get upset from it, not to mention preferential seating for hearing and vision problems. And that would just make poor students more self-conscious. It's one thing if it was based solely on behavior or something.

Apparently, assassination is being replaced by the word murder to escalate the drama here. It's a sad event, and certainly is upsetting due to her connection to MLK, but this reads as another case of mental illness and gun violence.

I was in middle school when Mrs. King was killed. That week the "gifted" classes (summer school) had a combined Social Studies / History class to learn more about Dr. King's legacy and other prominent activists in the Civil Rights movement. It was especially interesting because I was the only Black kid in my classes.

what exactly is "absurdly racist" about the Guardian article? Is it the use of "black" instead of African American? I might point out that the piece is from 1974, when black was the common usage.

I'm trying to understand why this is being called assassination rather than murder. The content of the post seems to suggest the latter.

As a women's studies major who specialized in social movements I am beyond ashamed I didn't know this. I wholeheartedly agree with Squire's analysis, too often women, especially women of color are overlooked by history and its victors

When I was in student teaching, I remember seeing the results of a district math assessment. I was pleased to note that the one section that I had taught entirely on my own was the one was the one in which every student had scored Proficient.

That's true about the final answer, but 'show your work' often means that students can get some points for even wrong answers when they take some correct steps in solving the problem. The teachers may assign more weight to the boys' efforts toward a correct answer, or make more favorable assumptions about what boys…

I mean, if you mark down girls for the work provided to support the answer to the problem maybe? Still utter horseshit, but that's the only thing I can think of right now.

... how do you misgrade math tests? It's... it's math! Math isn't subjective.