Comments on: What does it take to be on the Texas SBOE? I’ll let you decide. http://scottsfloyd.com/2008/09/20/what-does-it-take-to-be-on-the-texas-sboe-ill-let-you-decide/ my ideas, thoughts, experiences, and lessons learned in education Thu, 06 May 2010 14:43:55 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: I interrupt the regularly scheduled post to bring you…. Me. | A Piece of My Mind http://scottsfloyd.com/2008/09/20/what-does-it-take-to-be-on-the-texas-sboe-ill-let-you-decide/comment-page-1/#comment-174 I interrupt the regularly scheduled post to bring you…. Me. | A Piece of My Mind Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:51:44 +0000 http://scottsfloyd.edublogs.org/2008/09/20/what-does-it-take-to-be-on-the-texas-sboe-ill-let-you-decide/#comment-174 [...] Seeing as the three most popular posts on my blog right now all relate to the direction TCEA, TEA, and TETN are headed, I think my passion is obvious. What shold be known is that I do not just [...] [...] Seeing as the three most popular posts on my blog right now all relate to the direction TCEA, TEA, and TETN are headed, I think my passion is obvious. What shold be known is that I do not just [...]

]]> By: woscholar http://scottsfloyd.com/2008/09/20/what-does-it-take-to-be-on-the-texas-sboe-ill-let-you-decide/comment-page-1/#comment-130 woscholar Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:48:24 +0000 http://scottsfloyd.edublogs.org/2008/09/20/what-does-it-take-to-be-on-the-texas-sboe-ill-let-you-decide/#comment-130 Scott, That is awesome! Thanks so much. I really appreciate being in the same company as these other folks. Even if Jakes is a Bears fan. ;) I will put together a short post to let folks know about it. Thanks again! Scott,

That is awesome! Thanks so much. I really appreciate being in the same company as these other folks. Even if Jakes is a Bears fan. ;)

I will put together a short post to let folks know about it. Thanks again!

]]> By: Scott Merrick (Scottmerrick Oh) http://scottsfloyd.com/2008/09/20/what-does-it-take-to-be-on-the-texas-sboe-ill-let-you-decide/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Scott Merrick (Scottmerrick Oh) Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:42:53 +0000 http://scottsfloyd.edublogs.org/2008/09/20/what-does-it-take-to-be-on-the-texas-sboe-ill-let-you-decide/#comment-129 Hey Scott. This is to let you know that this blog is one of the four in the running for "Blog-o-the-month" at the Blogger's Hut on ISTE Island in Second Life. This is a good-natured poll whose winners have been featured in the Hut's RSS feed for inworld visitors to enjoy every month for a year now. Past winners are: Phasing Grace--Grace McDunnough From Mr. A to Mr. Z--Jeff Agamenoni Around the Corner--McGuhlin.net Fleep's Deep Thoughts--Fleep Tuque/Chris Colling NMC Campus--New Media Consortium PHSPrincipal Blog--Dave Meister Teaching Math Technology Blog--Maria Anderson 2CentsWorth--David Warlick The Story of My Second Life--Kevin Jarrett Oh! Second Life (now Oh! Virtual Learning--Scott Merrick :) Spread the word and encourage Second Life Educators to visit and to vote for your wonderful work for the month of November. The options this month are: "Dr. Z Reflects"--Leigh Zeitz "Moving at the Speed of Creativity"--Wesley Fryer "The Strength of Weak Ties"--David Jakes and yours, of course, "A Piece of My Mind"--Scott S. Floyd I'll have a celebration post at my own blog "Oh! Virtual Learning" up in a bit. Congrats! Hey Scott. This is to let you know that this blog is one of the four in the running for “Blog-o-the-month” at the Blogger’s Hut on ISTE Island in Second Life. This is a good-natured poll whose winners have been featured in the Hut’s RSS feed for inworld visitors to enjoy every month for a year now. Past winners are:

Phasing Grace–Grace McDunnough
From Mr. A to Mr. Z–Jeff Agamenoni
Around the Corner–McGuhlin.net
Fleep’s Deep Thoughts–Fleep Tuque/Chris Colling
NMC Campus–New Media Consortium
PHSPrincipal Blog–Dave Meister
Teaching Math Technology Blog–Maria Anderson
2CentsWorth–David Warlick
The Story of My Second Life–Kevin Jarrett
Oh! Second Life (now Oh! Virtual Learning–Scott Merrick :)

Spread the word and encourage Second Life Educators to visit and to vote for your wonderful work for the month of November. The options this month are:

“Dr. Z Reflects”–Leigh Zeitz

“Moving at the Speed of Creativity”–Wesley Fryer

“The Strength of Weak Ties”–David Jakes

and yours, of course,
“A Piece of My Mind”–Scott S. Floyd

I’ll have a celebration post at my own blog “Oh! Virtual Learning” up in a bit. Congrats!

]]> By: woscholar http://scottsfloyd.com/2008/09/20/what-does-it-take-to-be-on-the-texas-sboe-ill-let-you-decide/comment-page-1/#comment-128 woscholar Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:29:27 +0000 http://scottsfloyd.edublogs.org/2008/09/20/what-does-it-take-to-be-on-the-texas-sboe-ill-let-you-decide/#comment-128 Great question, Scott. Here are the races as they stand now with the incumbents listed first: District 2 – Mary Helen Berlanga (D) vs. Peter H. Johnston (R) District 7 – David Bradley (R) vs. Laura Ewing (D) District 13 – Mavis B. Knight (D) vs. Cindy Werner (R) District 14 – Gail Lowe (R) vs. Edra Bogle (D) Unopposed District 6 – Terri Leo (R) District 8 – Barbara Cargill (R) District 11 – Pat Hardy (R) Mind you, incumbent does not automatically mean bad. Listen to some of the ELA standards debate on the TEA/SBOE site and you will figure out quickly who has no respect for public education but continues to haunt the halls in Austin. Great question, Scott. Here are the races as they stand now with the incumbents listed first:

District 2 – Mary Helen Berlanga (D) vs. Peter H. Johnston (R)
District 7 – David Bradley (R) vs. Laura Ewing (D)
District 13 – Mavis B. Knight (D) vs. Cindy Werner (R)
District 14 – Gail Lowe (R) vs. Edra Bogle (D)

Unopposed

District 6 – Terri Leo (R)
District 8 – Barbara Cargill (R)
District 11 – Pat Hardy (R)

Mind you, incumbent does not automatically mean bad. Listen to some of the ELA standards debate on the TEA/SBOE site and you will figure out quickly who has no respect for public education but continues to haunt the halls in Austin.

]]> By: Whoa « Web 2.0 and Beyond http://scottsfloyd.com/2008/09/20/what-does-it-take-to-be-on-the-texas-sboe-ill-let-you-decide/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Whoa « Web 2.0 and Beyond Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:54:20 +0000 http://scottsfloyd.edublogs.org/2008/09/20/what-does-it-take-to-be-on-the-texas-sboe-ill-let-you-decide/#comment-127 [...] Floyd had a very interesting post from Texas Monthly about the Texas State Board of Education.  Like I said, I’m not surprised [...] [WORDPRESS HASHCASH] The comment's server IP (76.74.254.21) doesn't match the comment's URL host IP () and so is spam. [...] Floyd had a very interesting post from Texas Monthly about the Texas State Board of Education.  Like I said, I’m not surprised [...]

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]]> By: Scott Laleman http://scottsfloyd.com/2008/09/20/what-does-it-take-to-be-on-the-texas-sboe-ill-let-you-decide/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Scott Laleman Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:47:53 +0000 http://scottsfloyd.edublogs.org/2008/09/20/what-does-it-take-to-be-on-the-texas-sboe-ill-let-you-decide/#comment-126 Wow...I guess I wasn't really that surprised by anything, considering how conservative of a state Texas is, but I'm definitely going to pay attention this election cycle. Are any of those folks up for re-election? Wow…I guess I wasn’t really that surprised by anything, considering how conservative of a state Texas is, but I’m definitely going to pay attention this election cycle. Are any of those folks up for re-election?

]]> By: woscholar http://scottsfloyd.com/2008/09/20/what-does-it-take-to-be-on-the-texas-sboe-ill-let-you-decide/comment-page-1/#comment-125 woscholar Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:53:41 +0000 http://scottsfloyd.edublogs.org/2008/09/20/what-does-it-take-to-be-on-the-texas-sboe-ill-let-you-decide/#comment-125 I agree, Kelly. If teachers do not step up and get involved (even if it is just to vote), then we can expect NO changes that help the kids and teachers in Texas. The radical ideas and the belief that we SHOULD politicize public education goes against everything we do in the classroom. Funny that a board member says we should politicize public ed while it is illegal for public school employees to politic at school. Please get the word out. Even if you just share this quiz with other teachers (it is not considered electioneering unless you tell folks how to vote) then we might just get enough folks to ban together to improve public ed collaboratively instead of being controlled by a radical off-shoot. I agree, Kelly. If teachers do not step up and get involved (even if it is just to vote), then we can expect NO changes that help the kids and teachers in Texas. The radical ideas and the belief that we SHOULD politicize public education goes against everything we do in the classroom. Funny that a board member says we should politicize public ed while it is illegal for public school employees to politic at school.

Please get the word out. Even if you just share this quiz with other teachers (it is not considered electioneering unless you tell folks how to vote) then we might just get enough folks to ban together to improve public ed collaboratively instead of being controlled by a radical off-shoot.

]]> By: Kelly http://scottsfloyd.com/2008/09/20/what-does-it-take-to-be-on-the-texas-sboe-ill-let-you-decide/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Kelly Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:21:02 +0000 http://scottsfloyd.edublogs.org/2008/09/20/what-does-it-take-to-be-on-the-texas-sboe-ill-let-you-decide/#comment-124 I was most surprised by how radical the chairman, Don McLeroy, is. He's not alone, unfortunately, on the SBOE. What is going on? It's clear to me that regular ol' teachers have to get involved politically. We have tried to be "above the fray" and not get involved. Clearly, if we continue that path we will all be in deep trouble. We need to learn from history! I was most surprised by how radical the chairman, Don McLeroy, is. He’s not alone, unfortunately, on the SBOE. What is going on?

It’s clear to me that regular ol’ teachers have to get involved politically. We have tried to be “above the fray” and not get involved. Clearly, if we continue that path we will all be in deep trouble. We need to learn from history!

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