Eric the Red

I like where you going with this. I'll always have hope.

“Harrassed all day and facing a fast pass rush and a number of dropped balls, Armstrong persevered and kept battling.”Randy York Huskers.com

Do you have "hope" or "hopelessness"?

More often than not he is right there and it seems to be a perfect pass.

They like him in the screen game.

Best game played to date?

Do we win the game if he doesn't start?

21-45-309.....3int's Could we argue this is his best game ever? How many times did he put the ball on the money rolling, dodging defenders?

MIA Any word on him... Jones looks like he took over.

Nebraska v Miami Miami v Nebraska

My thoughts are S. Alabama is not very good. Who is he comparing our line to?

Our receivers played so stinkin' well Saturday and one could argue we were missing our best one. I hope to see it all season. You've gotta believe it has something to do with KW. We've had so many stinkin' drops over the past few years it seems. I hope KW can keep bringing out the best in our WR's. I think Saturday against So. Alabama they played well again. I do remember one drop over the middle with Reily, but other than that the receivers are fighting for extra yards.

http://journalstar.stats.com/cfb/recap.asp?g=201509120023&e=2015_03_0023&home=23&vis=2549&final=true "Their offensive line plays really well, and we saw that on film," Jaguars safety Roman Buchanan said. "That was the best offensive line I've ever seen." Thoughts on the Husker offensive line play?

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On the radio yesterday 1620 the Zone had a poll. They asked their listeners if they would choose 20k straight (after taxes, flat cash, etc) in your pocket or the Husker football team winning a National Championship. Your choice?

http://www.ketv.com/sports/huskers-extended-coverage/huskers-riley-confirms-5-huskers-will-be-suspended-for-season-opener/34713224 For the first time I think I just saw some heat and real football coach passion in our head man's eyes. He was serious as a heart attack when it comes to the subject of "making the right choices!!" If this is any glimpse into Mike Riley, the football coach, I think we will continue to see our academics high and off the field issues low. Is this what the players see behind the scenes? Check out the news clip.

New teachers (less than 5 years) benefit from having a dictated framework as opposed to admin saying "Here's your room, see you at the year end check out" Chicago school district was more successful in retaining teachers with a very rigid structure "At 10:07 all 5th grade teachers will be on page 47 of the book". The problem as Coach says, is with the veteran teachers who had the experience with diversifying, teachable moments, etc and still "got the job done" Very interesting....and this approach is working? This way, new teachers can concentrate of classroom management versus hours on lesson plans.

247 sports : New approach paying dividends Senior offensive lineman Alex Lewis, who said he put on 18 pounds over the summer, said Philipp allowed players more control over how much they lifted — especially when it was time for maxing weight. Read the whole article. It discusses a serious difference in the way these players were able to lift weights this summer.

Got any examples? I am just curious what you have in mind. And teachers who gripe about the pay - they knew going in what the pay was. I always thought that instead of a 9 month (actually its closer to 10 now) contract, we should get an 11 month contract (with a pay raise) and do all the staff development crap in that one month and **get ready for this** let us teach the rest of the time. To chime in with NUinID - my first contract in 1980 was $9875. OK...you hit on something I have a question about. In our school system, every Wednesday is a half day for the kids because the teachers have teacher inservice/meetings. Why can't they do that in the summer? Now that my kids are in HS and have their own cars, it's not that big of a deal. But, before that, it was a pain in the ass trying to figure out who is going to get them, take care of them, where they are going ...etc. Meanwhile, sports practices were at the same time so these kids that live out of town have to figure out what they are going to do for 3 hours. I just have never figured out what they need to do every week for 3 hours that they couldn't learn or do for a month in the summer. States mandate so many hours of in service every year. If you want to have all the in service hours take place in the summer time than you would need to extend their contracts and pay them more. Teachers are contracted to work a certain number of days each year and are paid for that time. Qmany teachers are not paid for working in the summer the money they earn is just parceled out over 12 even payments. I think part of the reason that teachers complain about the pay is that they have been conditioned to do it. During the 70's and 80's the media really latched onto low teacher pay and that being how to attract quality teachers is to start paying them more. So it is almost ingrained in teachers to complain about it. Teacher salaries are public record, so everyone can find out what a teacher makes. I remember growing up that our local newspaper would actually publish every teachers salary in the newspaper. Teacher pay in Nebraska is actually not too bad anymore when you consider the benefits that go with it. Someone said that 50% of teachers leave the profession within 5 years. That is probably true, but I don't think pay is the big issue. I think the big issue in losing teachers is that they find they just don't like it. You are correct!! Half Of Teachers Leave The Job After Five Years. Here's What To Do About It The high turnover rates are sometimes due to layoffs, “but the primary reason they leave is because they’re dissatisfied,” said Richard Ingersoll, an education professor at the University of Pennsylvania whose research on teacher retention was published in the report. Teachers say they leave because of inadequate administrative support and isolated working conditions, among other things. These losses disproportionately affect high-poverty, urban and rural schools, where teaching staffs often lack experience.

Got any examples? I am just curious what you have in mind. And teachers who gripe about the pay - they knew going in what the pay was. I always thought that instead of a 9 month (actually its closer to 10 now) contract, we should get an 11 month contract (with a pay raise) and do all the staff development crap in that one month and **get ready for this** let us teach the rest of the time. To chime in with NUinID - my first contract in 1980 was $9875. OK...you hit on something I have a question about. In our school system, every Wednesday is a half day for the kids because the teachers have teacher inservice/meetings. Why can't they do that in the summer? Now that my kids are in HS and have their own cars, it's not that big of a deal. But, before that, it was a pain in the ass trying to figure out who is going to get them, take care of them, where they are going ...etc. Meanwhile, sports practices were at the same time so these kids that live out of town have to figure out what they are going to do for 3 hours. I just have never figured out what they need to do every week for 3 hours that they couldn't learn or do for a month in the summer. Collaboration takes place among same grade level teachers, trainings and lesson plans. If you want to move to an 11 month contract for teachers your property taxes will go up to pay for it I suspect.

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Can't say that enough.

it's not the school that is placing the huge emphasis on a particular group of students, but the federal government....all political parties. They expect all students to be at a certain point, well the low performing kids need the most. BTW, I thought your reply was well balanced and very mature in the fact that even though I have a special needs child I didn't feel the least bit offended. I think it's completly normal and understandable to bring this up.

Denver Public Schools has something called ProComp. In which tough to hire positions (SpEd) and tough to hire schools (typically low income) will see an additional 3% usually in their salaries. Yep, that's a good program. Even so, DPS pays ~10% lower for Special Ed educators than most other Front Range school districts. Supposedly Jeffco used to have a similar pay differential as DPS but the previous Executive Director nixed that on her way to creating the smoldering dumpster fire she left behind. Once they get a permanent E.D., it sounds like reworking compensation is high on the priority list... One of the Springs Districts moved their Special Ed staff into "exempt admin" group to bypass union pay structure back in the late 90s. It's worked well although I don't see a school district getting away doing that today. OPS just signed to give all teachers a 7% raise over the next three years. Except all the suburban school districts are going to just pull ahead again. Where would you teach? Toucher situations and kids for less pay or easier classrooms and kids and more pay?