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a blog for teachers and writers affiliated with the Connecticut Writing ProjectInformation
| Url: | http://jasoncourtmanche.blogspot.com/ |
| Author(s): | Jason Courtmanche |
| Language: | English |
| Tags: | writing, teaching, education |
| Description: | As the Director of the Connecticut Writing Project-Storrs, Jason Courtmanche will be blogging on issues related to teaching, writing, publication, composition studies, creative writing, American Literature, secondary education, higher education, technology, and any other related issue that might catch his interest. |
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| Popularity: | 188 Followers |
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Race to the Top. Details to Come.
| I was just reading the latest issue of NEA Today. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has an article in there titled “Elevating the Teaching Profession.” In it there is much discussion of the eval...more |
2009-12-18
Marley was dead, to begin with . . .
| When I came home from work yesterday my son came up to me and said, “Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that,” and walked away. I asked him where he learned that, an...more |
2009-12-09
I Was Not That Kid
| I was not the most serious undergraduate student. I was happy as an unfocused English major. I took an eclectic set of courses, wandered into most of my classes late, and never brought a notebook...more |
2009-12-02
Great Students
| Many people ask me if I love working at UConn more than working as a high school English teacher, and I tell them truthfully that there are things I like a lot better, like a flexible work schedule...more |
2009-11-17
Veterans Day and War Literature
| As Veterans Day approached, I found myself thinking about the many books we read in my American Literature course that deal with war and its consequences. Though Huck Finn does not deal directly w...more |
2009-11-12
A Wonderfully Unproductive Day
| On Halloween we had friends come over for dinner before trick-or-treating. Kim and Tom have three little girls around the same age as our kids. We had a nice night that ended with the five kids s...more |
2009-11-05
Those Who Can Do More, Teach
| When I was in graduate school at Humboldt State University, I used to read a comic strip in the San Francisco Examiner called Luann. It takes place in a junior/senior high school, and one recurrin...more |
2009-10-28
"I teach students how to be human!"
| We had a department meeting today, and one of the topics of discussion was the new rules put in place regarding travel. The details of these new rules aren’t important, but in discussing them our ...more |
2009-10-21
Write Your Own Papers; Take Your Own Tests
| Last week Ed White came to campus and met with writing faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates. Ed is semi-retired now but still works as a visiting scholar at the University of Arizona. H...more |
2009-10-14
How Meritorious Are You?
| The other day I was exchanging emails with my friend Jon, who like me was a high school English teacher for more than a decade before making a move to higher education. Both of us have school-age ...more |
2009-10-08
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