Professional Experience and Personal Reflections
by Lisa Bowstead, Founder

                                                                                                                               
2014

April 6, 2014            A Growing Movement: Teachers of Conscience


April 2, 2014            An Anti-Testing Poem (About Anti-Poem Testing)

March 28, 2014        NYC DOE Parent Guide to NYS Tests

March 17, 2014        Students need LESS help

March 10, 2014          Students will NOT be held back just for "failing" or missing
                                           the State Tests



January 26, 2014      It doesn't make sense to test different standards than what's
                                           been taught 



January 12, 2014        

January 7, 2014           My Hero: NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina

2013




October 17, 2013         I Will Not Let An Exam Result Decide My Fate

October 15, 2013         Scientists Agree: Our Brains Need More Downtime

October 4, 2013            NY State doesn't understand the Common Core Standards

October 3, 2013            Thinking Makes You Smarter


September 18, 2013     How to Change the World 


August 27, 2013            A quick lesson in PEMDAS

August 24, 2013             Sage words for parents...

August 8, 2013                The Tree  ...has all of the answers

August 1, 2013                Sometimes a little idea can have a BIG impact

July 13, 2013                   Does Vision Training Help?

July 6, 2013                      Problems with Regents Exams have NOT been Resolved...  

June 28, 2013                   NYC families are stunned by low Regents scores 

June 21, 2013                    A Veteran Teacher Shares Her Story

June 2, 2013                       Chuck Close's Advice to his Younger Self 

June 1, 2013                       So many students don't have basic tools 

May 25, 2013                     Another of My Heroes Comes Out as Dyslexic

May 20, 2013                     Enough Already with State Tests!

May 14, 2013                      Some Schools are More Equal than Others

May 9, 2013                        Check Out the Very First SAT, from 1926

May 3, 2013                        Do you have to take the AP exam if you take an AP class?

April 24, 2013                    HS students ask important questions

April 22, 2013                    NYS ELA Test is a Travesty!

April 19, 2013                    NYC to Parents: your concerns are rubbing off on children

April 15, 2013                    NYC says "don't worry about the test" 

April 12, 2013                    Recess and games are as important as lessons

April 09, 2013                   The Cobble Hill Think Tank's 1-year Anniversary

April 1, 2013                      Math Lessons for Your Dog 

March 18, 2013                  What is a "traditional" academic approach? 

March 12, 2013                  Negotiating Dyslexia

March 11, 2013                  Is the new NY State Common Core Test Biased? 

March 9, 2013                    Is the Common Core a Bad Idea?         

March 5, 2013                    Student Data.... What does it say about us?

February 28, 2013            Teachers feel unprepared 

February 22, 2013            Our teachers are in an impossible situation

February 8, 2013                NYS Tests, IEPs and calculators 

January 30, 2013               "Red-Shirting" Public Kindergarten

January 22, 2013                When to Prepare for the SATs

2012

November 24, 2012            Collecting a Hill of Beans

April 19, 2012                        Cobble Hill Think Tank Takes Sweet Melissa Space