Cycling home from school dropoff this week I saw, taped to a bikeway sign, one of those notices asking for help finding a lost dog. The dog’s name was Malta, it said, and there was a picture of a regal but not unkindly poodle-like face with a blond bouffant frizz on top. I had the strangest feeling I was going to find Malta so I tore off one of the phone number tabs and set off along the creekside trail.
Read MoreGenerous but needy, Chinese elms and other weed trees bring their gifts, but they also kill everything that isn’t them, including our hapless eucalypts with their fussy seed pods which are no match for the sprouting elms.
Read MoreOf course it’s important for educators to know how students track against expectations, which hopefully build to the overall outcomes of high school education. But if everyone can learn, isn’t it important to also track whether the student is moving forward in their own learning towards the final outcome? And doesn’t that matter more to the student?
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