Daily Archives: April 12, 2013

“Dear Mister Rogers, Please Say When You are Feeding Your Fish, Because I Worry About Them”

Posted on April 12, 2013 by davidbruceblog

Everyone loves Mister Rogers because he really did care and because he was kind. He once received this letter from Kate, age 5: “Dear Mister Rogers, Please say when you are feeding your fish, because I worry about them. I … Continue reading →

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Down with “Conformity, Standardization, Testing and a Zombie-Like Adherence to the Shallow and Generic Common Core, Along with a Lockstep of Oversimplified So-Called Essential Learnings”

Posted on April 12, 2013 by davidbruceblog

Criticism can be an important force for good. In early 2013, Gerald “Jerry” Conti, a teacher in the Westhill School District in New York, wrote a letter stating that he would retire at the beginning of the new school year. … Continue reading →

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