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Thursday, May 21, 2009

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Angie/Mrs.Dottie

Angie/Mrs.Dottie
Certified Art Teacher

Angie Villa (Mrs. Dottie)

I am a mom, art teacher, visual artist and musician from Allentown, PA. I have a Bachelor's Degree in Studio Art from Moravian College, and Teaching Certification in Art Education from Kutztown University. I taught Elementary and Middle School Art in the Allentown School District for seven years. After taking time off to raise a child, I am now substitute teaching and teaching as an artist in residence in public schools. I am a faculty member at The Baum School of Art where I teach an art class for children ages 4-6.

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Mrs. Dottie
Allentown, PA, United States
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The arts are essential to the school curriculum.

The arts are essential to the school curriculum.
Art, music, PE, library, social studies, and recess must be mandatory subjects.
Education is not a race with winners and losers.

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My Blog List

  • Diane Ravitch's blog
    Teacher in L.A.: Please, Colleagues, Work for Monica Ratliff - For reasons I don’t understand, the UTLA endorsed both Monica Ratliff, a teacher, and her opponent Antonio Sanchez. Sanchez has almost $4 million from the ...
    3 hours ago
  • @ the chalk face
    #Blended Learning is cheap learning, isn’t it? #edtech - This isn’t a reaction to anything in particular, but when I do happen to glance at something about “Blended learning,” I always feel like advocates want to...
    9 hours ago
  • Deborah Meier on Education
    What’s a Fact? And who can we/should we trust? -
    13 hours ago
  • Keystone State Education Coalition
    Pennsylvania Education Policy Roundup for May 18, 2013: Virtual School Profits Far Exceeding Performance - *Daily postings from the Keystone State Education Coalition now reach more than 1900 Pennsylvania education policymakers – school directors, administrator...
    17 hours ago
  • NYC Educator
    Quest for a Union-Friendly Mayor - It's good to see UFT President Michael Mulgrew talking of mayoral dictatorship. Clearly, with 8 of 13 votes on the PEP, our fake school board, what Bloom...
    20 hours ago
  • Lehigh Valley Somebody
    - *BEST OF LVS EXPOSÉ* *Debbie Garlicki's Stinky Lehigh Valley Hospital DUI Death Coverup* *Here's how* DA Jim Martin fixes DUI homicide cases *for connecte...
    20 hours ago
  • With A Brooklyn Accent
    Don't Underestimate the Creativity of Young People- A Hip Hop Story - Today in the United States, a soul crushing regime of testing and zero tolerance discipline policies is descending on the nation's public schools. Student...
    21 hours ago
  • Investigating Choice Time: Inquiry, Exploration, and Play
    Once Upon A Time - Once upon a time there were Three Billy Goats Gruff. They wanted to go over the bridge to the other side of the canal to get to the diner that sold some ...
    1 day ago
  • Educational Justice
    Choosing Democracy: Minimum funding level for schools increased in May... - Choosing Democracy: Minimum funding level for schools increased in May...: Report of the California Budget Project 5/16/2013 Increased Revenues Boost the M...
    2 days ago
  • Rethinking Schools Blog
    Welcome Our New Editors! - You may have noticed from Rethinking Schools Facebook page that four new editorial associates have joined our volunteer editorial board. Moé Yonamine, from...
    2 days ago
  • Bridging Differences
    Problem vs. Solution: A Response - We need a diversity of attempted solutions;mistakes must be honored, not attacked.
    2 days ago
  • Schooling in the Ownership Society
    Gates on Common Core back in 2009 - In his speech to the National Conference of State Legislatures, on July 21, 2009, Bill Gates outlined a plan of action for legislators to adopt common ed...
    2 days ago
  • SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL
    Did I Have a Dream or Did The Dream Have Me? - *"Did I have a dream, or did the dream have me?" Peart, Neil, from the song Nocturne off of Vapor Trails 2002.* There I was the other night about 3 AM, lyi...
    3 days ago
  • City School Stories
    Let’s Build a Lemonade Stand, Kids! - Students’ Response to School Budget Cuts Notes from the Field Submitted by Angela Chan When I decided to teach, I believed that the betterment of our natio...
    3 days ago
  • GFBrandenburg's Blog
    How to Earn Gigabucks Through Charter Schools - A very interesting article in Alternet on how hedge fund managers and other millionaires and billionaires are making enormously profitable investments in t...
    3 days ago
  • ALT/space
    Finding Common Ground: The Perfect Fit | Allison Upshaw - Approximately 2:30 am Monday, Driving from Atlanta to Louisville Approximately 8:40 am, Arrive at...
    3 days ago
  • kafkateach
    Total Compensation - Teachers beware, watch out for the latest buzz phrase to take a sting out of your paycheck “total compensation.” A week after Governor Rick Scott’s Teache...
    3 days ago
  • Forget the Label
    Are we preparing them for the future or sending them down the Boulevard of Broken Dreams? -
    3 days ago
  • EduShyster
    It’s About the Kids - When a major Wall Street investor and the CEO of a fast growing chain of charter schools get together for a chat, what do you suppose they talk about? Well...
    4 days ago
  • Thoughts on business, engineering and higher education
    Healthcare Reimbursement Methods - Today’s post is a summary of Chapter 17 of Understanding healthcare financial management, 6th ed, by Gapenski and Pink. That chapter is entitled “Capitation,...
    5 days ago
  • Peg with Pen
    For the Show Me State of Missouri: What They Didn't Show You - This is in response to an article from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. This article is missing some key information. First and foremost, we must look at the ...
    6 days ago
  • Children should not be a number.
    Is the New York State Education Dept a subsidiary of @Pearson? - Remember the Field Tests are coming to NY schools.
    6 days ago
  • PRETTY FREAKY
    Teaching: FInding the New - I remember when--and maybe this still happens--people looked upon a job in education as "safe." Once you get in, the conventional wisdom went, you'd be saf...
    1 week ago
  • Mr. Teachbad's Blog of Teacher Disgruntlement
    Stop Data Rape! - Have you ever heard the term data-driven instruction? It’s where data is used to drive instruction. Just by itself, it isn't clear what kind of data would ...
    1 week ago
  • United Opt Out National
    Official UOO Opt Out/Refusal Survey - We at United Opt Out (UOO) are collecting information on refusing or opting out of testing. Completion of this survey will enter you into a drawing to win ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Children are more than test scores
    A crime against humanity - http://www.cbs6albany.com/news/features/top-story/stories/ the-real-deal-4th-grader-asked-take-nys-test-hospital-bed-7933.shtml … Where was the NY Times e...
    2 weeks ago
  • Save Our Schools March and National Call to Action
    Teacher Appreciation Week Webinar - Teacher Appreciation Week Webinar Stand Up for a Teacher…Teachers!May 5, 2013 – 8:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time [EDT} Please Join Us as We Appreciate Our Tea...
    3 weeks ago
  • Schools Matter
    We Have Moved! - NOTICE: On April 22, 2013, *SM* merged with @the chalkface. Find us at our new home: atthechalkface.com. All *Schools Matter* previous posts are archived t...
    3 weeks ago
  • BuildBetterSchools
    Trapped by Numbers - This letter from a teacher makes me feel like crying! I came across it on Renée Dinnerstein’s blog: Investigating Choice Time. “I am 37 days away from f...
    4 weeks ago
  • This Brazen Teacher
    Goodbye Brazen - If you’ve been reading this blog from the beginning, this might be just about the craziest (and longest) post I’ll ever write (lucky you). It will also be...
    4 weeks ago
  • The Frustrated Teacher
    A Confederacy of Reformers - *The following is from Crazy Crawfish's Blog* I’d be lying if I told you I wasn’t feeling overwhelmed by all the rapid changes happening in the education s...
    1 month ago
  • Diary of a Social Art-tivist Mommy
    On a road trip to Florida - It's my spring break and we'll be driving to Florida today with my husband and 2 kids (age 8 and 5)....well, first to Georgia, then to Florida the n...
    1 month ago
  • Good Morning Art Teacher
    March Comes in Like a Lion... - March seems like a fine time to create Lions, in paintings, drawings and clay figurines. My 2nd graders love to learn about lions and have much of their...
    1 month ago
  • Education Reform Illustrated
    Child centered vs. test centered.... - I participated in discussion with a high stakes testing advocate on the Daily Kos diary: Chicago Public Schools Meltdown. Here is a portion of what I wrot...
    1 month ago
  • A Teacher's Fight
    Carpe Diem Schools in Fort Wayne - Carpe Diem Schools has applied to the Indiana Charter School Board to bring a school to Fort Wayne, IN. The school would serve students in grades 6-12 and ...
    3 months ago
  • Yong Zhao
    Global Education Leadership: A Graduate Program for Educators and Education Leaders in the Age of Globalization - In my latest book World Class Learners: Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial Students, I list a globalized campus as the context for cultivating globally...
    3 months ago
  • outside the box
    in honor of michelle rhee and her soon to be released memoir. the 3rd edition of michelle rhee - a glossarhee - --> Rheeality: * an existence devoid of facts* Rheeally:* **used to express surprise, interest or doubt as in “RUFKM?” Serheeously!* Rheeap: * to obtain ...
    3 months ago
  • ruralteacher | Just another WordPress.com site
    The Monthly Smackdown - Our Faculty Meetings have become things that I absolutely dread attending. Over the past year, these meetings have become hour-long “professional developme...
    5 months ago
  • The Huntington Teacher
    Many, many thanks. Goodbye. - To the thousands of passionate parents and educators who I have been connected with through this blog: *Thank you very much.* *Goodbye.* This blog is not...
    6 months ago
  • Education Radio
    Malcolm X's "The Ballot or the Bullet" - * **Download the program here:* Internet Archive Audioport (podcast) On April 3, 1964 Malcolm X delivered his now famous “The Ballot or the Bullet” speech...
    6 months ago
  • Living Behind the Gates
    Is the Common Core a Runaway Train? Is it Unstoppable? Let’s Ask Stephen Krashen - The Common Core train has left the station. Is it a runaway train? Is it unstoppable? Americans, get ready. Common Core State Standards have already l...
    10 months ago
  • Leaving Behind the PSSA.
    - We saw Race to Nowhere last night at the State Theatre. Chris and Ted were there and both of them were deeply affected by it. Unfortunately, the members of...
    1 year ago
  • Schools Incorporated?
    Occupy the Department of Education - From March 30th to April 2nd, 2012, United Opt Out National held the "Occupy the Department of Education" rally in front of the DOE building in Washington...
    1 year ago
  • America's Future: The Inside Story
    Chalk Duster's Response to Publishing of NYC Teacher Data Reports - Tomorrow morning, February 24, 2012, *Teacher Data Reports *will be published in NYC newspapers,for all the world to see. The New York Times has invited te...
    1 year ago
  • Mike Archer
    School year begins under a cloud of official dishonesty - *"The system will crunch FCAT data while taking into account factors outside a teacher's control, such as a student's absentee rate." * This lie, or somet...
    1 year ago
  • Bill Villa
    - Hi, thanks for stopping by, *ask to see my newest work.* Contact: 610.428.1253, bill.villa@live.com
    2 years ago
  • Failing Schools
    An introduction, and invitation - My experiences have led me to suspect that failing schools do not continue to exist because they're overrun with bad teachers, but because of the bizarre, ...
    3 years ago
  • teacherken at Daily Kos
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  • Alfie Kohn Homepage
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  • EducatorsForAll - Home
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  • Dissent Magazine - Winter 2011 Issue - Got Dough? How Billion...
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  • Homepage: Susan Ohanian Speaks Out (Susan Ohanian Speaks Out)
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  • The National Center for Fair & Open Testing | FairTest
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  • Home — Whole Child Education
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  • National Art Education Association
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  • Diane Ravitch Website
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