Dear Teacher vs Teacher Meter

Dear Teacher is a comprehensive resource for accurate information on helping children get the most from their education. Accomplished educators with experience from preschool through college offer – • Answers to parents’ questions about their children’s education • Techniques to build children’s reading, math and study skills • Activities to increase children’s knowledge in reading, math, science and social studies in a fun-filled fashion • Checklists to see if children are ready for kindergarten, gifted, reading on grade level and much more. • Books that quickly teach young children to read Dear Teacher has solid advice on such parental concerns as incompetent teachers, playground bullies, learning disabilities, phonics, the gifted learner, computer usage, college admissions, the common core standards, avoiding homework battles, the latest educational innovations and everything else parents need to know. The two educators – Peggy Gisler and Marge Eberts – are: • Nationally syndicated newspaper education columnists with King Features Syndicate • Have M.A. and Ed.S. degrees in education, and Peggy has a doctorate in Educational Leadership and Special Education • Authors of more than 100 books on education including: advice books for parents, textbooks and beginning readers

Pick your classes with something better than rumor. Teacher Meter is a student-built guide to the teachers and classes at your school, written by the students who actually took them. No school account, no sign-in, nothing to connect. WHAT STUDENTS RATE • Difficulty, on a scale that means something • Hours of work per week • What grade they came out with • Tags like Tough Grader, Clear Grading Criteria, Rounds Grades, Extra Credit PLAN YOUR YEAR Compare classes side by side before you pick them. See which teachers are worth the early period and which classes are heavier than their name suggests. LEADERBOARD Hardest and easiest classes at your school, ranked from the ratings students have left. SOCIAL A chat for your school and one for each of your classes. You choose your own name and password. UC GPA CALCULATOR Work out your UC GPA with the real a-g rules: 10th and 11th grade only, pluses and minuses ignored, honors points capped at eight with at most four from 10th. TRY IT FIRST The gradebook screens are a worked example built from sample data, so you can see how the app works before entering anything. PRIVACY Ratings are anonymous. Social shows the name you pick and nothing else. This app does not connect to any school records system and does not ask for a school login. Teacher Meter is independent and student-run. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by any school, school district, or maker of school software.