http://mtc.vox.com/library/posts/2005/06/page/1/ Ben Guest, Program Manager of the Mississippi Teacher Corps, Returned Peace Corps Volunteer from Namibia, and Amherst College graduate... en Vox Mon, 27 Jun 2005 03:41:00 -0700 Copyright 2005 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41430626f6a47.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41430626f6a47.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41430626f6a47.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 27 Jun 2005 03:41:00 -0700 The fourth week is finished. The second-years have completed their summer coursework and I'm sure they are happy to enjoy the time off. They've been going non-stop since end of May last year, a process the first-years are just starting. 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I've informally observed about one-third of them and, for the most part, I've been happy with where they are at this early stage of their ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c5833c7f.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c5833c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6dd4cd5.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6dd4cd5.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6dd4cd5.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 19 Jun 2005 03:55:00 -0700 For anyone who's interested in the direction of the Mississippi Teacher Corps I recommend the book "Good to Great" by Jim Collins. It is an empirical study of companies that made the difficult transition from a successful company to an enduringly ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6dd4cd5.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6dd4cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c56f3c7f.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c56f3c7f.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c56f3c7f.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 13 Jun 2005 00:59:00 -0700 The second week is in the books. Although it feels like we just started the first-years are one-quarter through the summer training and the second-years are halfway. For the first-years there is so much to cover. Ann is just about finished going o... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c56f3c7f.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c56f3c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c446c685e.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c446c685e.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c446c685e.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 12 Jun 2005 06:20:00 -0700 The first-years had a good dialogue (verbal and written) on corporal punishment this week. It started with a debate in EDSE 500 and then carried over in some of the blogs. More and more uses for the blogs are becoming apparent; uses that Ann, Germ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c446c685e.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c446c685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062bb6a47.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062bb6a47.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062bb6a47.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 04 Jun 2005 01:30:00 -0700 The first week of summer training has finished and I'm exhausted. This is always one of the busiest weeks of the year for me. The first-years started on Tuesday morning and the second-years started on Thursday morning so we had a lot going on. 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