Seize the Opportunity

From the desk of Carol C… You have the opportunity to go to Hawaii, and everything for you is free.  Would you take it?  What about Paris, London, Rome, or southern Germany free of charge?  Pearl Harbor, the Louvre, Tower of London, or Bavaria.  Of course you would.  It would be the opportunity of a…

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Where We Need the Best of the Best

From the desk of Alice… “Gentlemen, you are the top 1% of all naval aviators — the elite, the BEST of the best. We’ll make you better. Fly at least two combat missions a day, attend classes in between, and evaluations of your performance. Now in each combat sequence you’re going to meet a different…

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It's Spring

From the desk of Carol C…. I was hoping for warm weather.  I was ready for it.  After all it was spring break.  Instead, the weather was cold.  It snowed.  All was not right with my world.  Then late in the week I noticed daffodils sprouting, tulips blooming, and iris stalks peeking through the dirt. …

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No Words

From the desk of Alice… After the Newtown shootings in December I kept thinking I would find some words to put in a blog.  The words never came. After Monday’s tragedy in Boston, I just couldn’t land on any other blog that seemed to say the right thing.  As I scanned my files and the…

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Fluency

From the desk of Carol C… Fluency is coming to the forefront again.  Schools, school districts, and states have bought kits, systems, and reading passages to assess students’ fluency rates.  The problem?   By the time professional development is offered to teachers the message is akin to what is heard at the end of a “Whispered…

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