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30 Days of Creativity – Day 7 – Limerick for the Second-to-Last Week of School
There once was a man in Landover Who asked his kids over and over: “Just sit in your seat and don’t say a peep. Rock the exam and then its all over.”
30 Days of Creativity – Day 5 – What My Students Need
The TFA DC Region is piloting a new cohort led by the Director of Transformational Teaching. The idea is to have an interdisciplinary group of corps members work with the Teacher Support and Development Team to design new models for sharing resources and improving effectiveness for 2nd-year teachers. I’ll be honest: four months ago, I… Read more »
My Brilliant Scholars Need Some Computers. Got Any Sitting Around?
The remarkable students of my four 7th-grade reading classes started a playwriting project just before spring break. When they come back, I want all of them to be able to type and edit their projects. The problem is that I don’t have access to enough computers for all of them to get this done. So… Read more »
Hi, I'm Andrew Plemmons Pratt. I am the Program Manager for New Classrooms in Washington, DC. (Though opinions expressed on this site are entirely my own.) I taught 7th-grade English in Prince George’s County, Maryland as a member of the 2010 Teach For America corps. I write about literacy & edtech here—along with stuff like industrial archeology and bread baking.