Tag Archives: VIrginia

How to save Virginia schools

In 2012 Virginia will have both a Republican governor and a Republican-controlled legislature – and 4 charter schools. Given the strictures of current charter school law in Virginia – and given the defeat of Virginia’s last major charter school bill (HB2314) – it’s likely that Virginia will see new charter school legislation passed before McDonnell [...]

The New Curriculum Map

I found Gary Hayes and Laurel Papworth’s  Social Media Campaign image a few days ago via Steven Anderson’s (@web20classroom) Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom.  It broadened my thinking about the curriculum map due to my head of school in September.  I work at a middle school that strives to differentiate instruction by content, process, [...]