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Seattle Times Education LabUniversity of Washington, Seattle- Mario Penalver, a language-arts teacher at Truman Middle School in Tacoma, took a more personal approach with his story. Penalver, who has attention deficit disorder, shared how being labeled at a young age with words like “remedial” and “nuisance” has inspired him to reach out to students who think or act differently from their peers.... Read More.
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Tacoma school launches pilot program to bring cell phones into classrooms. |
Teachers share why they became educatorsWant to hear what five area educators, including TPS' Mario Penalver, give as the reason why they became educators and what's kept them going?... Read More.
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Sixth-graders voice wishes and give a little advice
Somewhere between the scribbled lines and eraser marks were the aches of students who just want to be heard.
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By Mario Penalver - Reader columnist
June 15, 2015 I never thought I’d find the Holy Grail of student success in, of all places, the Trader Joe’s customer service line. The posted sign proudly read that employees’ goal was “to provide the highest quality of customer satisfaction delivered with a sense of warmth, friendliness, fun, individual pride and company spirit..." Read More. |
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We Day Tacoma: Empowering youth to make a differenceTacoma, WA- Making change was the focus for more than 2,000 Tacoma School Public Schools seventh-graders at the We Day Tacoma event held Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013 at Life Center. Students from each of the district’s 10 middle schools converged for a non-traditional school day consisting of performances and powerful messages.. Read More
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When It Hurts to Be HumanFamily loss makes a young poet reach beyond clichés
By Mario Penalver Until my senior year of college, I was used to happy endings. My writing was stocked full of them. I wrote of romance, great inspirations, extraordinary leaps of consciousness. There was no room for loss in the rhyme and meter of my poetry... Read More. |