Category Archives: Mission Hill school

Freedom to Teach, Freedom to Learn: A Year at Mission Hill

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Highlighting Members' Needs

Chapter 8 – The World of Work What “college and career ready” really means Bill, “College and career ready” is one of your ed reform slogans that’s repeated ad nauseam.  Your way of achieving this goal is to use the … Continue reading →

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Freedom to Teach, Freedom to Learn: A Year at Mission Hill

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Highlighting Members' Needs

Chapter 7 – Behind the Scenes http://www.ayearatmissionhill.com/index.php/chapter7  Bill, Yesterday I met a dyslexic man who told me he didn’t learn how to read until he was 37 years old. To avoid having to read out loud in grammar school, he’d hit … Continue reading →

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Freedom to Teach, Freedom to Learn: A Year at Mission Hill chapter 6

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Highlighting Members' Needs

Chapter 6: Like a Family Dear Mr. Gates, Microsoft’s “stack ranking” management practice has been in the news lately, most recently on Valerie Strauss’ blog The Answer Sheet (Microsoft’s lesson on what not to do with teachers, Washington Post, 8/26/13). … Continue reading →

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