	T.S. Grant DC Public School Teacher Examiner \| Bio My Bio Subscribe RSS Feed Favorites

Find out more about T.S.:

T.S. holds a master’s degree in teaching from Johns Hopkins University and has taught in the public schools for several years. His latest book is 8th Grade. Contact him here.

Subscribe to T.S.'s Email Alerts

Get alerts when T.S. submits a new article

T.S. has been added to your favorite examiners

View my favorite Examiners

DC Public School Teacher Examiner's Articles

Showing: Most recent articles

Give and ye shall receive: the gospel of academic prosperity

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

This week, I’ve spoken to teachers overwhelmed by the number of recommendations they are writing for their students (current and past). The...
Keep Reading »

Why teachers need teachers' unions (and less rhetoric about Professional Learning Communities)

1 comment

Two Saturdays ago, I confused my wife when I confessed, “Honey, I could retire as a teacher.” I have always been ambitious, and quite...
Keep Reading »

See the film The Providence Effect about the amazing Providence-St. Mel School

3 comments

On Friday evening, at the Landmark E. Street Cinemas, after celebrating the opening (September 25th) of the newly released film, The Providence...
Keep Reading »

Will President Obama's speech to students perpetuate a classist, un-nuanced ideology?

2 comments

At the heart of deciding whether to show President Barack Obama’s speech to students on Tuesday, September...
Keep Reading »

Back to School: Day 1 . . . 179 to go

Doesn’t take long for a teacher to remember why she or he contemplated leaving the profession last year. My first week back to school was, well...
Keep Reading »

Dear Parent or Guardian . . .

1 comment

Dear Parent or Guardian: Hello. I am your child’s teacher. I provided my email and mobile phone number on...
Keep Reading »

Book on education reform: The New Meaning of Educational Change, 4th Edition

If people were given a literal choice of “change or die,” do you think most people would choose change? If you said yes, think again....
Keep Reading »

Sonia Sotomayor confirmed in the U.S. Senate but will classrooms do her justice?

2 comments

Truth be told, it was a little disappointing to return to class after the Barack Obama inauguration. Man, I had my official ticket as evidence of my...
Keep Reading »

Shocking Video: should at-risk African American students be required to watch it?

1 comment

The mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, Larry P. Langford, presented this video to what appears to be a City Council...
Keep Reading »

The teachable moment was the banana-eating jungle monkey comment

6 comments

My students seem to believe that they are suspended in this adolescent world of unfairness, where social standards are arbitrarily imposed upon them,...
Keep Reading »