<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Teach4Real</title> <atom:link href="http://www.teach4real.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.teach4real.com</link> <description>Real Advice for Real Teachers in Our Toughest Schools</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:04:10 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4</generator> <item><title>Why Do We Always Talk About Teachers, Not Administrators?</title><link>http://www.teach4real.com/2012/02/01/why-do-we-always-talk-about-teachers-not-administrators/</link> <comments>http://www.teach4real.com/2012/02/01/why-do-we-always-talk-about-teachers-not-administrators/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:57:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Amaral</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[For Teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Matt's Ed Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[REALities]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blogs by Teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Education Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category> <category><![CDATA[english teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[help for public school teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Inner-City Teaching]]></category> <category><![CDATA[matt amaral]]></category> <category><![CDATA[overcrowded schools]]></category> <category><![CDATA[romeo and juliet act iii figurative language]]></category> <category><![CDATA[teach4real]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Teacher Resources]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Reality of Education]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.teach4real.com/?p=867</guid> <description><![CDATA[If we want to address what’s really at the heart of the problems in our public schools, we need to take a long look at how our schools are run. Forget about teachers for one second. We need to look at our districts, district officials, school boards, and superintendents—and at some point we need to turn the scrutiny toward principals.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.teach4real.com/2012/02/01/why-do-we-always-talk-about-teachers-not-administrators/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Should Students Get to Evaluate Teachers? I Think So.</title><link>http://www.teach4real.com/2012/01/24/should-students-get-to-evaluate-teachers-i-think-so/</link> <comments>http://www.teach4real.com/2012/01/24/should-students-get-to-evaluate-teachers-i-think-so/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:11:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Amaral</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[For Teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Matt's Ed Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blogs by Teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Disciplining Students]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category> <category><![CDATA[evaluating teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Inner-City Teaching]]></category> <category><![CDATA[New Teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[romeo and juliet act iii figurative language]]></category> <category><![CDATA[student evaluations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[teacher evaluations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Teacher Resources]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Reality of Education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[value-added evaluations]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.teach4real.com/?p=864</guid> <description><![CDATA[It all comes down to this: I am not afraid of the job I am doing. I am teaching one of the most difficult classes at my school. It is the kind of class some teachers refuse to teach. It is the kind of class others would be afraid of being evaluated for teaching. But I’ll say it again: I am not afraid of the job I am doing, and I am not afraid of what my students think about the job I’m doing.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.teach4real.com/2012/01/24/should-students-get-to-evaluate-teachers-i-think-so/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>All Those Damn Kids Have Cell Phones Though, Don’t They?</title><link>http://www.teach4real.com/2011/12/21/all-those-damn-kids-have-cell-phones-though-don%e2%80%99t-they/</link> <comments>http://www.teach4real.com/2011/12/21/all-those-damn-kids-have-cell-phones-though-don%e2%80%99t-they/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:21:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Amaral</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Matt's Ed Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[REALities]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[50% in poverty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[99% have a refrigerator]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blogs by Teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[edublogger]]></category> <category><![CDATA[edublogging]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Education Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[help for new teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[help for public school teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Inner-City Teaching]]></category> <category><![CDATA[matt amaral]]></category> <category><![CDATA[New Teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[teacher blogs]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.teach4real.com/?p=859</guid> <description><![CDATA[What we don’t realize is that with the technology we have today, and the cost of obtaining computers, printers, and an internet connection, our poor kids are being left further and further behind. One in five kids doesn’t have enough to eat, let alone wi-fi at their apartment.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.teach4real.com/2011/12/21/all-those-damn-kids-have-cell-phones-though-don%e2%80%99t-they/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>An Interview with Editor-In-Chief of Red Ochre Lit, Mimi Ferebee, on Matt&#8217;s New Novel &#8220;The Darkness Inside Me is Sparkling&#8221;</title><link>http://www.teach4real.com/2011/12/13/an-interview-with-editor-in-chief-of-red-ochre-lit-mimi-ferebee-on-matts-new-novel-the-darkness-inside-me-is-sparkling/</link> <comments>http://www.teach4real.com/2011/12/13/an-interview-with-editor-in-chief-of-red-ochre-lit-mimi-ferebee-on-matts-new-novel-the-darkness-inside-me-is-sparkling/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:52:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Amaral</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Guest Articles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Matt's Ed Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.teach4real.com/?p=851</guid> <description><![CDATA[Read Matt's interview with Mimi Ferebee, the Editor-In-Chief of the literary journal Red Ochre Lit. In it Matt talks about why he wrote his new novella "The Darkness Inside Me is Sparkling", who he wrote it for, and of course talks about the state of education. You can even read three vignettes from the novel, as well as Red Ochre's published review of Matt's work by their team of editors. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.teach4real.com/2011/12/13/an-interview-with-editor-in-chief-of-red-ochre-lit-mimi-ferebee-on-matts-new-novel-the-darkness-inside-me-is-sparkling/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Making Education Look Good</title><link>http://www.teach4real.com/2011/12/09/making-education-look-good/</link> <comments>http://www.teach4real.com/2011/12/09/making-education-look-good/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:18:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Amaral</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[For Teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Matt's Ed Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blogs by Teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Education Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category> <category><![CDATA[english teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gangs in school]]></category> <category><![CDATA[help for new teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[help for public school teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[inspiring teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[teacher leaders]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Teacher Resources]]></category> <category><![CDATA[teaching in the ghetto]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Reality of Education]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.teach4real.com/?p=845</guid> <description><![CDATA[That’s how I look at teaching. Our kids don’t want to be teachers because we don’t make it look like something anyone would want to do. We complain, we yell, we are stressed out. We come in unshaven and limping. This doesn’t just dissuade them from considering a future in education, it makes them wonder what education is good for. There you are, in front of your class with a college degree and a credential on top of it, and what has it brought you?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.teach4real.com/2011/12/09/making-education-look-good/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Redefining HIGH School</title><link>http://www.teach4real.com/2011/11/30/redefining-high-school/</link> <comments>http://www.teach4real.com/2011/11/30/redefining-high-school/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:48:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Amaral</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Matt's Ed Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[REALities]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blogs by Teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Disciplining Students]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Education Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[high students]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Inner-City Teaching]]></category> <category><![CDATA[legalizing marijuana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[marijuana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[marijuana in school]]></category> <category><![CDATA[New Teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[parents]]></category> <category><![CDATA[parents of teenagers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[raising a teenager]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Reality of Education]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.teach4real.com/?p=837</guid> <description><![CDATA[To say marijuana is a problem at my school is a gross understatement. There is a tree next to the gas station across the street from campus where students smoke weed almost every morning at 7:30 AM. I drive by and see groups of wannabes huddled in clouds of smoke.  Kids walk into my class with red eyes stinking like skunk. Sometimes we suspend them. Most of the time teachers don’t realize the reason kids are giggling and scatterbrained is because they’re high, and can’t recognize the smell anyway. But no matter what we do, the problem persists because of the acceptance by parents.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.teach4real.com/2011/11/30/redefining-high-school/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>REALITY: Punching a Teacher not an Expellable Offense</title><link>http://www.teach4real.com/2011/11/18/reality-punching-a-teacher-not-an-expellable-offense/</link> <comments>http://www.teach4real.com/2011/11/18/reality-punching-a-teacher-not-an-expellable-offense/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:51:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Amaral</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Matt's Ed Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[REALities]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blogs by Teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Education Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category> <category><![CDATA[english teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[first year teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gangs in school]]></category> <category><![CDATA[help for new teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Inner-City Teaching]]></category> <category><![CDATA[romeo and juliet act iii figurative language]]></category> <category><![CDATA[student punches teacher]]></category> <category><![CDATA[students on facebook]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Teacher Resources]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Reality of Education]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.teach4real.com/?p=835</guid> <description><![CDATA[I’ve been writing this blog for over a year and a half now. I originally started writing to bring light to the REAL face of education in this country, specifically the broken, pale, drawn face of our low-income public schools. Today’s entry, maybe more than any other piece I’ve written, might capture what is truly wrong with our schools.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.teach4real.com/2011/11/18/reality-punching-a-teacher-not-an-expellable-offense/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>America’s Real Immigrant Problem</title><link>http://www.teach4real.com/2011/11/11/america%e2%80%99s-real-immigrant-problem/</link> <comments>http://www.teach4real.com/2011/11/11/america%e2%80%99s-real-immigrant-problem/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:42:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Amaral</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Matt's Ed Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[REALities]]></category> <category><![CDATA[alabama immigration law]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blogs by Teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Disciplining Students]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gangs in school]]></category> <category><![CDATA[georgia immigration law]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ICE]]></category> <category><![CDATA[immigrant students]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Inner-City Teaching]]></category> <category><![CDATA[New Teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Public Schools]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Teacher Resources]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Reality of Education]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.teach4real.com/?p=825</guid> <description><![CDATA[We have an immigrant problem in this country, I’ll agree with that. But the problem I see isn’t the problem you hear about anywhere in our media. The problem we really have is that our country is getting rid of immigrants and keeping all the Americans.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.teach4real.com/2011/11/11/america%e2%80%99s-real-immigrant-problem/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Teaching SLAM Poetry Using Occupy Anger</title><link>http://www.teach4real.com/2011/10/26/teaching-slam-poetry-using-occupy-anger/</link> <comments>http://www.teach4real.com/2011/10/26/teaching-slam-poetry-using-occupy-anger/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:04:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Amaral</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Matt's Ed Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[REALities]]></category> <category><![CDATA[99 percent]]></category> <category><![CDATA[armstrong and getty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blogs by Teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Disciplining Students]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Education Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gangs in school]]></category> <category><![CDATA[help for new teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Inner-City Teaching]]></category> <category><![CDATA[matt amaral]]></category> <category><![CDATA[New Teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[occupy oakland]]></category> <category><![CDATA[occupy wall street]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Teacher Resources]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Reality of Education]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.teach4real.com/?p=818</guid> <description><![CDATA[I am in the middle of a Slam Poetry Unit, and I cannot think of a better way to teach it than by using the Occupy movement to teach social justice. Let’s be honest, Saul Williams, Mos Def, Russel Simmons, and the other founders of Slam Poetry and Spoken Word, are not part of the Tea Party. They would probably claim membership in the Occupy movement, because speaking out against society for the underrepresented is at the root of Spoken Word.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.teach4real.com/2011/10/26/teaching-slam-poetry-using-occupy-anger/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Khan Academy: What&#8217;s the Big Deal?</title><link>http://www.teach4real.com/2011/10/14/khan-academy-whats-the-big-deal/</link> <comments>http://www.teach4real.com/2011/10/14/khan-academy-whats-the-big-deal/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 03:46:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matt Amaral</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Matt's Ed Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blogs by Teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Education Blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category> <category><![CDATA[english teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gangs in school]]></category> <category><![CDATA[help for new teachers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Inner-City Teaching]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jeb bush]]></category> <category><![CDATA[khan academy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[matt amaral]]></category> <category><![CDATA[national summit on education reform]]></category> <category><![CDATA[occupy san francisco]]></category> <category><![CDATA[occupy wall street]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sal khan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Teacher Resources]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Reality of Education]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.teach4real.com/?p=807</guid> <description><![CDATA[Lisa Kreiger of the Mercury News writes, “Valedictorian of his high school class with a perfect math SAT score, he always regretted the way educators failed to show the beauty of what they taught.” This makes a good point: as valedictorian with a perfect SAT score, Sal Khan must have had some pretty crappy teachers. Please. For every bad teacher there is a good one—or five. You want to know what isn’t very inspiring? Listening to Sal Khan lecture about the French Revolution.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.teach4real.com/2011/10/14/khan-academy-whats-the-big-deal/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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