• Best Practice / First Year of Teaching

    Best Practice /First Year of Teaching The Influence of Teaching Over a decade ago, I started to follow closely the work of Dr. Ronald Ferguson and his work on closing the minority achievement gap in schools.  I thought his work was powerful and more importantly, it made a great deal of sense to me.  I…

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  • First Year of Teaching

    First Year of Teaching The preparation begins! You have signed your contract.  You have received your subject and /or grade assignment. You have been assigned your room.  Summer is here.  You are now feeling it is now time to relax and take a break.  The start of the school year is still far away.  You…

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