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By: The Daring English Teacher Right about this time of year, teachers really start to feel the pressure that comes along with high-stakes testing. Personally, I know that as an 11th grade teacher, my colleagues, my school, and my district are all counting on me to prepare my students for the test …

Fostering is great, but anything that offers opportunity comes with challenges. For me, and most other carers I speak to, the biggest bane is the thing called Contact. Which can take many forms. Contact (If you're a reader who doesn't foster) is an arrangement whereby the real parents (or &…

Listening back to Howard Bentham's farewell announcement on BBC Oxford, I heard him dwell on all the things he promised he wouldn't dwell on, and do many of the things he suggested were not his style. His listeners would have inferred what he implied, and I'm not sure it was a good mov…

Even my students who “don’t have time” for homework spend 2-3 hours a day on Facebook, YouTube, and Netflix. Our students consume media in amazing quantities, and it’s said that traditional advertising doesn’t work on their generation. As advertisers become more and more savvy  in an attempt to b…

In fostering we frequently encounter language barriers with our foster children, well, not barriers really, maybe just speed bumps. Not because they don't speak English - although come to think of it I once accepted three Afghan brothers who'd hitch-hiked across Europe and made it to Dover …

Beginning to see how very very hard it is for families who have someone who has mental health issues. For one thing, everyone else gets neglected. Bill (my other half) and I talk about nothing else. We seem to think that somewhere, hidden away in all young Glen's pain, is a solution to his huge…

Greetings from The SuperHERO Teacher! As teachers, we are all familiar with bell work of some kind (bell ringers, journal prompts, warm-ups, entrance tickets, etc.), but how can we turn those topics of interest into intellectual classroom discussions? I’m here to help!  Starting a daily routine usi…

We've been awaiting a new placement since Romeo went back to his disorganised mother. We worried about him for some time, his mum is all over the place, but it's so what he wanted. He's a tough nut, he'll be ok. The phone rang. "Would you consider taking a child who...?" T…

It’s been a long time coming, but many in the commercial radio sector, but not all, will be delighted to see today’s announcement from DCMS on the future regulation of commercial radio. The pass was sold some time ago.   Those who seek detailed regulation of what is broadcast by commercial companie…