<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Diary of a Public School Teacher!</title>
	<atom:link href="http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com</link>
	<description>Writing my way through the school year!</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 16:02:26 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
<cloud domain='oldschoolteach.wordpress.com' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>Diary of a Public School Teacher!</title>
		<link>http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com</link>
	</image>
	<atom:link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/osd.xml" title="Diary of a Public School Teacher!" />
	<atom:link rel='hub' href='http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/?pushpress=hub'/>
		<item>
		<title>Teachers, Targets, and Test Scores!</title>
		<link>http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/teachers-targets-and-test-scores/</link>
		<comments>http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/teachers-targets-and-test-scores/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 16:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oldschoolteach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging about Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elementary Education Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Standardized Testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[standardized tests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teachers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teaching to the test]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Test preparation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[test scores]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/?p=2906</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My stomach is in knots and I want to scream. I want to hit something. I look at my students&#8217; test scores, the growth they have made,and I am proud of them. I refused to teach to the test, and they still kicked DCAS ! I looked down the AYP column on the all-glorious data [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oldschoolteach.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14908749&#038;post=2906&#038;subd=oldschoolteach&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/teachers-targets-and-test-scores/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/4bd4e3db19b0e4d772c723770ae41e2a?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">oldschoolteach</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g_nHyT4gTq0/UZGBfHCMSLI/AAAAAAAAA-o/Dnl0Nb15Qnk/s1600/scantron.jpg" medium="image" />
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Appreciating Teachers!: My Top 10!</title>
		<link>http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/appreciating-teachers-my-top-10/</link>
		<comments>http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/appreciating-teachers-my-top-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 16:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oldschoolteach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging about Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elementary Education Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[appreciating teachers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Teacher Appreciation Week 2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teacher appreciation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/?p=2900</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Chocolate, gift certificates, and lunch are great! I really do appreciate all the thanks I have received during the week. But I&#8217;d like to  share some tips on what would REALLY make me feel appreciated! This goes out to anyone who interacts with teachers,in no particular order:READ MORE Filed under: Blogging about Education, Elementary Education [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oldschoolteach.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14908749&#038;post=2900&#038;subd=oldschoolteach&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/appreciating-teachers-my-top-10/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/4bd4e3db19b0e4d772c723770ae41e2a?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">oldschoolteach</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://oldschoolteach.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/56e2e-apple2013.jpg" medium="image" />
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>When is a PLC, Not a PLC?</title>
		<link>http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/when-is-a-plc-not-a-plc-2/</link>
		<comments>http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/when-is-a-plc-not-a-plc-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 12:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oldschoolteach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging about Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PLC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[professional learning communities]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/?p=2896</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I wrote a post with this title  in 2011. Fast forward. A couple of weeks ago we were handed a rubric. The purpose of the rubric was to provide feedback on our PLC. However, it should be understood that the rubric is NOT evaluative. I think if it walks like it&#8217;s evaluative, and talks like it&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oldschoolteach.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14908749&#038;post=2896&#038;subd=oldschoolteach&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/when-is-a-plc-not-a-plc-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/4bd4e3db19b0e4d772c723770ae41e2a?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">oldschoolteach</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://oldschoolteach.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/4f4d5-collab-word-image.png" medium="image" />
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>&#8220;My Resume is Ready&#8221;: Losing Good Teachers!</title>
		<link>http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/my-resume-is-ready-losing-good-teachers/</link>
		<comments>http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/my-resume-is-ready-losing-good-teachers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 13:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oldschoolteach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging about Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elementary Education Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[depressed teachers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overwhelmed teachers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teachers leaving profession]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/?p=2889</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Not my words.  I live and breathe teaching. I really can&#8217;t imagine doing anything else, well, except writing. These words were spoken by a teacher friend of mine. He sounded so down when he said it.:( He is overwhelmed, as are we all.READ MORE Filed under: Blogging about Education, Education Blog, Elementary Education Blog Tagged: depressed [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oldschoolteach.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14908749&#038;post=2889&#038;subd=oldschoolteach&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/my-resume-is-ready-losing-good-teachers/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/4bd4e3db19b0e4d772c723770ae41e2a?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">oldschoolteach</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://oldschoolteach.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/63bf2-wws-overwhelm.jpg" medium="image" />
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>I&#8217;m a Poet, And I Know It! Celebrating National Poetry Month!</title>
		<link>http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/im-a-poet-and-i-know-it-celebrating-national-poetry-month/</link>
		<comments>http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/im-a-poet-and-i-know-it-celebrating-national-poetry-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oldschoolteach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging about Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elementary Education Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teacher Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[funny poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Poetry Month]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry in the classroom]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/?p=2879</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I love National Poetry Month! I used to write poetry, maybe I will again some day.  But in the meantime, I like to give my kids a chance to grow to love writing poetry as much as I do. There was a time, pre-standardized testing, when we would gather up all our original poetry, pair [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oldschoolteach.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14908749&#038;post=2879&#038;subd=oldschoolteach&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/im-a-poet-and-i-know-it-celebrating-national-poetry-month/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/4bd4e3db19b0e4d772c723770ae41e2a?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">oldschoolteach</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://oldschoolteach.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/poetry.jpg?w=300" medium="image" />
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Are School Field Trips Becoming Obsolete?</title>
		<link>http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/2013/04/21/are-school-field-trips-becoming-obsolete/</link>
		<comments>http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/2013/04/21/are-school-field-trips-becoming-obsolete/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oldschoolteach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging about Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elementary Education Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[field trips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interacting with students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[K through 12]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[standardized testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[virtual field trips]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/?p=2868</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The 5th grade went to the Blue Rocks baseball game today and we had a blast! I loved interacting with my students outside of the classroom. It&#8217;s rare that we get the chance to do that anymore. We sat in the stadium, talking, laughing, and cheering. It was as far from standardized testing as you [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oldschoolteach.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14908749&#038;post=2868&#038;subd=oldschoolteach&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/2013/04/21/are-school-field-trips-becoming-obsolete/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/4bd4e3db19b0e4d772c723770ae41e2a?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">oldschoolteach</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://oldschoolteach.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/baseball.jpg" medium="image" />
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>GoAnimate4Schools GIVEAWAY!!!!!! Animated Digital Storytelling!</title>
		<link>http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/goanimate4schools-giveaway-animated-digital-storytelling/</link>
		<comments>http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/goanimate4schools-giveaway-animated-digital-storytelling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oldschoolteach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Giveaways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Integrating Technology in the Classroom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teacher Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digital storytelling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GoAnimate for Schools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GoAnimate giveaway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[integrating technology in the classroom]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/?p=2864</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How would you like to be the lucky winner of a one year subscription to GoAnimate for Schools? If you are not sure what GoAnimate is, and/or what it can do, check out the video created by one of my students! READ MORE&#8230; Please make sure you leave a comment on the Blogger website, not this [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oldschoolteach.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14908749&#038;post=2864&#038;subd=oldschoolteach&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/goanimate4schools-giveaway-animated-digital-storytelling/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/4bd4e3db19b0e4d772c723770ae41e2a?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">oldschoolteach</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Goodbye Creativity and Imagination, Hello Common Core Writing!</title>
		<link>http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/goodbye-creativity-and-imagination-hello-common-core-writing/</link>
		<comments>http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/goodbye-creativity-and-imagination-hello-common-core-writing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oldschoolteach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging about Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elementary Education Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common Core]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common Core standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common Core writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creative writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/?p=2854</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was at a meeting this morning, (Yes, another one).  This one was about Common Core writing standards. I sat there, staring blankly at the PowerPoint presentation being READ to me. (That&#8217;s another post topic). The presenter showed screen after screen of what is expected of us next year when we implement the Common Core [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oldschoolteach.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14908749&#038;post=2854&#038;subd=oldschoolteach&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/goodbye-creativity-and-imagination-hello-common-core-writing/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/4bd4e3db19b0e4d772c723770ae41e2a?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">oldschoolteach</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://oldschoolteach.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/facebook.png" medium="image" />
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>&#8220;The Cheating Scandal!&#8221; Isn&#8217;t Cheating a Choice?</title>
		<link>http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/2013/04/04/the-cheating-scandal-isnt-cheating-a-choice-2/</link>
		<comments>http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/2013/04/04/the-cheating-scandal-isnt-cheating-a-choice-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oldschoolteach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging about Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elementary Education Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Standardized Testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Atlanta cheating scandal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cheating on standardized tests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education cheating scandal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/?p=2851</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The original post was written in July 2011. Here we are in 2013, faced  with anothercheating scandal, and people are going to jail. Is there another way? I read an article by Jay Matthews of  The Washington Post the other day, &#8220;Easing Test Pressure Won&#8217;t Save Kids&#8221;, and it went along with something I had been thinking [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oldschoolteach.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14908749&#038;post=2851&#038;subd=oldschoolteach&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/2013/04/04/the-cheating-scandal-isnt-cheating-a-choice-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/4bd4e3db19b0e4d772c723770ae41e2a?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">oldschoolteach</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://blog.syracuse.com/voices/2007/11/large_071108_cammuso.jpg" medium="image" />
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Why I am Going to the Occupy DOE March on April 4 &#8211; 7, 2013!</title>
		<link>http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/why-i-am-going-to-the-occupy-doe-march-on-april-4-7-2013/</link>
		<comments>http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/why-i-am-going-to-the-occupy-doe-march-on-april-4-7-2013/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oldschoolteach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elementary Education Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adequate Yearly Progress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diane Ravitch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occupy DOE 2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[standardized testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[take over of public schools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teacher protest]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/?p=2846</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have to say, I am, pretty much, allowed to do what I want in my classroom.(Probably because my kids pass those tests) My school is not an AYP school, or whatever they call &#8220;failing&#8221; schools these days. I don&#8217;t &#8221; teach to the test&#8221;, and yet, my kids still manage to pass those idiotic, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oldschoolteach.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14908749&#038;post=2846&#038;subd=oldschoolteach&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://oldschoolteach.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/why-i-am-going-to-the-occupy-doe-march-on-april-4-7-2013/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/4bd4e3db19b0e4d772c723770ae41e2a?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">oldschoolteach</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://oldschoolteach.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/official-poster-20131-685x1024doe.jpg" medium="image" />
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
