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My Dream Project

April 17, 2009 Leslie Hall Leave a Comment

Sometimes I amuse myself by thinking of fun little work projects I would like to do. My dream projects.A few years ago, I read about a study in Florida which got me thinking about developing some kind of pre-testing curriculum. (Testing isn't going to go away. Nor should it, … [Read more...]

Blog curriculum, racial achievement gap, student achievement, test preparation

Not Such Good News

March 30, 2009 Leslie Hall Leave a Comment

From Connecticut:Results from the 2008 ACT college admission test show that many Connecticut high school seniors are "appallingly" unprepared for college-level work, according to a state report.Of the 8,159 students who took the test, 35 percent of white seniors, 18 percent of … [Read more...]

Blog accountability, ACT, connecticut, education as a civil right, racial achievement gap, school funding, student achievement

A School of My Own

March 19, 2009 Leslie Hall Leave a Comment

A few years ago, someone approached me about starting a charter school. Although I was on board with the idea, quite frankly, I was horrified at the possibility of being the person who executed it. Me, a principal? I could not see it.Still feel that way. I'm more of a supporting … [Read more...]

Blog arts, dickens, gradgrind, integrated curriculum, music, reading, student achievement, utilitarianism

Leslie Hall

Leslie Hall

Writer, editor, educator, mentor, consultant. English language arts educational assessment and curriculum expert. [About Me]

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File Under Fun Friday

For fun. Because it's Friday, and because when you're a writer, you need to wander sometimes. Always … [Read More...]

Occupational Hazards for Writers and Editors

That title of occupational hazards for writers and editors almost sounds like a joke, doesn't it? Courtesy of … [Read More...]

How to Accept Rejection

How to Accept Rejection

Got my first rejection of this round of submissions: from The View from Here. Boilerplate. It's not fun, but … [Read More...]

Words to Live By

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
-- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Our own lives are the instruments with which we experiment with the truth.
-- Thich Nhat Hanh

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
-- Mark Twain

...it is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.
-- Jerome K. Jerome

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From The Guide to Wrangling Freelancers: Help Freelancers Love Their Work

September 11, 2014 By Leslie Hall Leave a Comment


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“All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.” In the immortal words of Aristotle. The question is does work have to make people miserable? (If you don’t know whether you hate your job, you can take this quiz to find out.) I propose that it doesn’t; we don’t all have to feel like drafthorses harnessed to pull wagons of concrete. Bearing in mind that drafthorses have no choice. We do.
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