This summer, I met a principal who was recently named as the administrator of the year in her state. She was loved and adored by all, but she told me she was leaving the profession.
I screamed, "You can't leave us," and she quite bluntly replied, "Look, if I get an offer to lead a school system of orphans, I will be all over it, but I just can't deal with parents anymore; they are killing us."
Sometimes difficult parents can drive away the best of teachers, but so too can difficult teachers make life hard for parents. How can we best foster positive cooperation between educators and parents?
As I started reviewing statistics this month in preparation for a class I'm taking this summer, I came across this short gem! It gives some very straightforward directions for some basic (but important) statistics functions on the graphing calculator.
Taylor Mali performing by and large his most well-known piece: What Teachers Make. A great thing for teachers (and students!) to listen to on a bad day to remind us why we got into this profession!
Dynamic textbook, lesson plans, widgets, interactive demonstrations, etc. from the makers of Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha, and the Wolfram Demonstrations Project