Marie Corfield

NOTE: This post contains my opinions on Catholicism based on my experiences as a child in the 1960's and 70's. Take what you like and leave the rest. I mean no disrespect to anyone who is happy w...

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Photo credit: Me taken in the mid 80's Twenty years ago today the world as we knew it came to a screeching halt. It also marked the very first day of my teaching career. Six years ago today I...

http://mcorfield.blogspot.com/2021/09/remembering-all-that-was-lost-on-911.html

Photo by Aarón Blanco Tejedor  on Unsplash June 18, 2021 was the last day of school for my district for the 2020-2021 school year. As is my school's tradition, the entire staff gathered ...

http://mcorfield.blogspot.com/2021/08/four-back-to-school-lessons-from-covid.html

Photo by Sigmund  on Unsplash Dear Students, Oh how I have missed you! I've missed your noise and your chaos and your smiles which are hidden behind masks, and your laughter and your har...

http://mcorfield.blogspot.com/2021/03/a-letter-to-my-students.html

> IF YOU PUT A FROG IN BOILING WATER, IT WILL JUMP OUT. IF YOU PUT A > FROG IN TEPID WATER AND SLOWLY RAISE THE HEAT, IT WILL BOIL TO > DEATH. - UNKNOWN >  >   ...

http://mcorfield.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-new-normal-post-covid-are-you-ready.html

New Jersey's largest newspaper, The Star Ledger, is reporting that Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, is set for implosion on February 17th. After that date, all four of Trump's AC casinos—Trump T...

http://mcorfield.blogspot.com/2021/01/implosion-new-jerseys-fitting-trump.html

Dear Gov. Murphy, Within the next two weeks, school districts across New Jersey will be reopening in some way, shape or form. And while every district's plans will, no doubt, look different, one...

http://mcorfield.blogspot.com/2020/08/an-open-letter-to-gov-murphy-on-school.html

SOME REFLECTIONS ON LIFE IN THESE STRANGE NEW TIMES FROM SOMEONE WHO'S LIVED THROUGH A FEW OF HER OWN ____________________________________________________ You can buy one of Hicks' books ...

http://mcorfield.blogspot.com/2020/04/strange-days-indeed-pt-2-how-big-is.html

THIS POST IS IN RESPONSE TO EDUCATION 'REFORMER', MICHAEL PETRILLI'S APRIL 6TH OP-ED IN THE WASHINGTON POST All across this country—and around the world—students, parents and educato...

http://mcorfield.blogspot.com/2020/04/when-school-reopens.html

SOME REFLECTIONS ON LIFE IN THESE STRANGE NEW TIMES FROM SOMEONE WHO'S LIVED THROUGH A FEW OF HER OWN NOTE: THESE ARE MY THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS; THIS IS MY EXPERIENCE. TAKE WHAT YOU LIKE A...

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THE NUMBER OF SUICIDES AMONG PEOPLE AGES 10 TO 24 NATIONALLY INCREASED BY 56 PERCENT BETWEEN 2007 AND 2017, ACCORDING TO A NEW FEDERAL REPORT SHOWING THE TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES OF AN EMERGING PUBLI...

http://mcorfield.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-fight-for-our-children.html

Expert analysis and witnesses are essential to the successful outcome of a trial, but in the court of public opinion, politicians often fail to enlist experts who may raise red flags about the ...

http://mcorfield.blogspot.com/2019/03/njsenatepres-s-path2progressnj-800lb.html

Years before 'fake news' became a household word, New Jersey's largest newspaper, The Star Ledger started its very own propaganda machine to bash teachers and prop up PARCC testing.  Wi...

http://mcorfield.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-starledger-fakenews-parcc.html

HAPPY SUPER BOWL LIII! TODAY IS GEORGIA TAXPAYERS' DAY TO GET SCREWED!  Photo credit: Danny Karnik During the NFC & AFC playoffs, I wrote about the financial train wreck that was Super ...

http://mcorfield.blogspot.com/2019/02/super-bowling-for-dollars-how.html

Gov. Murphy promised to end PARCC testing. Tell him #KeepYourWord! Update and Action Alert! Last week I wrote about S-3381, Sen. Teresa Ruiz's bill to change the state's high school graduati...

http://mcorfield.blogspot.com/2019/01/update-action-govmurphy-promised-to.html

What's harder than navigating 'Spaghetti Junction' on the Garden State Parkway? Figuring out what it takes to graduate high school in New Jersey. We thought we had it fixed, but not so fast... ...

http://mcorfield.blogspot.com/2019/01/govmurphy-promised-to-ditch-parcc-is-he.html

"ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL GOOD OLE' FASHIONED CONSUMER SCREWING?" This blog has been quiet for some time. The "shock and awe" of Trumplandia has left me mouth-agape, clinging to the l...

http://mcorfield.blogspot.com/2019/01/how-nj-politiciansd-r-stick-it-to.html

Credit: AJ Garcia - UpSplash Last week I wrote about how I was going to tell the stories of students who, far too often, become statistics on both sides of the education battle.  This is...

http://mcorfield.blogspot.com/2018/05/educatingreformers-pt-1-samuel.html

“GET UNCOMFORTABLE, CHALLENGE YOUR OWN PERCEPTIONS TO FIND CLARITY, BE FEARLESS, BE KIND, MEET SOMEONE NEW.” Those words were spoken by Mandy Manning, newly elected National Teacher of t...

http://mcorfield.blogspot.com/2018/05/its-time-to-get-uncomfortable.html

Dear Betsy, I hear you aren't happy with Oklahoma teachers who walked off the job to protest the drastic cuts to school funding in their state. You told them they should "serve the students."...

http://mcorfield.blogspot.com/2018/04/dear-betsydevosed-this-is-what-it-means.html

I usually start my day with the news and social media. It does a lot more to get me fired up than caffeine. I do ask my Higher Power to help me to not be mean or demeaning. It's far too easy to g...

http://mcorfield.blogspot.com/2018/04/america-does-not-love-her-children.html

If you don't know Nina Simone, you don't have a pulse. Listen to the lyrics. Feel the passion. What an incredible talent, gone too soon. As I sat here this morning, reading my newspaper (yes, I...

http://mcorfield.blogspot.com/2018/02/its-new-dawn-its-new-day-for-nj-and-i.html

Former GOP Assemblyman (LD16) and 2017 Gubernatorial Candidate, Jack Ciattarelli, closed his recent op-ed in the Star Ledger with this: > NEW JERSEY CAN BE FIXED. BUT FIRST WE NEED S...

http://mcorfield.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-real-truth-about-fixing-nj.html

"WE THE PEOPLE" MEANS ALL OF US BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT AT THE TABLE, YOU'RE ON THE MENU In an op-ed in today's Washington Post (not available online as of this writing), Joe Scarborough asks...

http://mcorfield.blogspot.com/2018/01/this-is-how-we-maga-in-2018.html

HAPPY NEW YEAR!  If you are like me, you spent the majority of 2017 like this: Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister in "Home Alone" It's been brutal, no doubt. I freely admit to losing i...

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