Building a Better Teacher

The title to this post is a link to an article published by the New York Times titled, "Building a Better Teacher." It highlights a few researchers who have been trying to get down to the essentials of what makes a great teacher. It's encouraging that they are finding good teachers are not born but instead they learn specific techniques that increase student learning and are seeing incredible results. It also discusses how merit pay does little to improve student learning because teachers don't know how to improve learning so the competition only frustrates them. Though merit pay with the proper support and training could attract and hold onto better qualified teachers.

"Supreme Court Remains Divided Over Gun Control"

This title to this post is linked to the New York Times article titled "Supreme Court Remains Divided Over Gun Control."

This pending Supreme Court decision has popped up in discussions around my office as it could directly affect our clients. Currently felons are barred from owning a gun and domestic abuse injunctions bar respondents from owning a gun during the course of the injunction. Allowing these groups of people legal access to guns could prove deadly.