By Tamara V. Russell, NBCT Each year during the months of January and February, elementary school classrooms across the country whitewash the story of Dr. Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement. Because students are so young, many times teachers will limit the scope of the movement to the idea that Dr. King was […]
Tamara Russell
Tamara Valdés-Russell is a National Board Certified Middle Childhood Generalist who teaches third grade near Orlando, Florida. Tamara has over 20 years of experience loving and leading students with joy and passion.
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4 Things Every Teacher Knows About High Stakes Testing
There are lots of things within the context of teaching that teachers will have a variety of opinions on. High-stakes testing is certainly a unifier for many of us. Here are four things that every teacher knows about testing that stakeholders and lawmakers should have listened to pre-pandemic to prevent some of the stress and […]