Jo Ann Nash

“Why I Teach”

http://whyiteach.learningmatters.tv/?p=21

"There's an old saying: 'Agua es vida.' Water is life.  No words could be truer when contemplating the health and vitality of our present and future economies, our environment, our human and natural communities and our quality of life." Carter P. Smith TPWD Exceutive Director
Texas Parks & Wildlife "A Decade of Water" July 2011

Collecting Cloud Juice...

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/03/all-this-week-the-pbs.html

And coping with climate change series:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/03/introducing-an-all-new-climate-page.html

"I taught it. They know it. Why don't their scores show it?"
TeenTribune.com

Completed Eng I STAAR Testing
Impressed by the teens in my testing room.  How do you measure that?

Check out:  Ubiquitous

http://www.joycesidman.com/ubiquitous.html

READing STAAR Testing today:  MTFBWY

"People in authority have the power to impose their problems on you. We have to negotiate that," Cross says. "In most cases, we don't have to negotiate a gun like Trayvon Martin did."

http://www.npr.org/2012/03/21/149060167/florida-teens-killing-a-parents-greatest-fear

The Hunger Games?
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2012/03/23/149165794/spiders-and-fighting-and-trees-oh-my-filming-the-hunger-games

Happy Birthday to Mah Boo!

The request:
Tell Attorney General Holder:“Please order the Department of Justice to investigate the senseless murder of Trayvon Martin and the blatant violation of his civil rights.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/08/family-of-trayvon-martin-_n_1332756.html

The result:
Million Hoodie March and More...

http://www.npr.org/2012/03/21/149058384/was-trayvon-martins-killing-a-federal-hate-crime

"Because this is what life does to all of us—young and old. It shakes us and spins us around. It delivers huge shoves and dares us to fall. It puts questions in front of us with answers we don’t yet have. And eventually, it gives us what we need to answer those questions. What Laurel Daneau discovered, is what I continue to realize—that Life cradles us, sheds light on what we have, gives us hope, and ultimately, shows us how to keep on moving."

“Glasses, Mothering, and Meth”

By Jacqueline Woodson
http://forum.teachingbooks.net/?p=7720

Check out my Boo's Blog:
http://www.organicgreendoctor.com/2012/03/rain-water-heaven-however-dont-drown.html

"...just refuse to loose..."
Whoopsie! Loose misspelled - thanks Sarah!
Nimitz Museum anecdote - principle vs principal

~Mike Pesca's rhymimg recap of Friday's NCAA tournament action
http://www.npr.org/2012/03/17/148811137/a-basketball-wrap-up-in-verse

Book Talk: Using dialogue
National Book Award Nominee
Plainsong by Kent Haruf

http://www.salon.com/1999/10/18/haruf/

"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you'll go."

— Dr. Seuss

Austin Music minute:

http://kut.org/category/music/austin-music-minute/

South by Southwest: Live From Austin

http://www.npr.org/event/music/147357853/sxsw-2012

“I'm really afraid this movie is going to make my home town look like, well, my hometown...” ~Bernie blog post

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7VSAFvPq7c

News for Bernie:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1704573/news#ni24025264

“14 SXSW Movies We've Already Seen Including '21 Jump Street,' 'Marley,' 'Killer Joe,' 'Bernie' & More”

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/thirteen-sxsw-movies-weve-already-seen-21-jump-street-marley-killer-joe-bernie

Texas Monthly article by Skip Hollandsworth (and author of screenplay)

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