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pecuniary--of or relating to money The word of the day comes from the 2004 Advanced Placement literature tests where students were challenged by a Henry James passage from one of his short stories. A tutor interviews for a job because, "as yet one's University honours had, pecuniarily speaking, remained barren." This phrase was interpreted by students in many ways--most of which were hilariously off the mark. (This did not, generally, mean their grades were lower. We didn't expect students to have the same vocabulary as Henry James!) .jpg)
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Teachers Turned Monsters: It's Test Time!
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| My education column today in the DC Examiner is on the monsters teachers become in May during standardized test time. In my case, it's the Advanced Placement test in my course that looms in a little over a week. My teaching partner,... Read More |
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| convergence--the approach toward a common view or opinionThis word appeared in the title of a poem students had to analyze on the AP test a few years ago, ("Convergence of the Twain" by Thomas Hardy) and, to hear the graders speak of the students'... Read More |
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Rubrics: The Cure-All in Education?
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| I have been thinking a lot about rubrics for the past several years. I wrote a column ("Rubrics: Educational Want Ads") about it last summer, and teams in all departments in my high school have been asked to have common... Read More |
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Advanced Placement for Everyone?
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| A trend in high schools across the country, and one I have worked for my entire career in high school teaching, is greater access to Advanced Placement (college level) courses in public schools. Years ago, students would have to jump through hoops to... Read More |
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Erica Jacobs
Erica Jacobs is the Education columnist for the DC Examiner, and has taught high school and college for 33 years. She has been around the education block! Email her at ejacob1@gmu.edu.
Erica Jacobs is the Education columnist for the DC Examiner, and has taught high school and college for 33 years. She has been around the education block! Email her at ejacob1@gmu.edu.
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