Welp, my mom worked in a relatively conservative school district in a suburb of Detroit...but she was able to implement many innovative lesson plans in her curriculum...of course, it was easier to do as a "veteran" teacher....so, I know that no matter which school district I may end up teaching in, it will take time to implement creative lesson plans...

One concept I learned from a new teacher is "benchmarking"...which is can be identified through different testing methods like "standardized tests" that is supposed to identify a student's "progress"...I support standardization, but I think that there needs to be more flexible "benchmarks" to accurately evaluate student's progress, since one thing that standardized testing does not take into account is difference in learning styles and behaviours.
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Buh Bye!

Cheers,
Me