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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Teaching for the Future: “9 Essential Skills Kids Should Learn”
Preparing our children to adapt to change is probably the most critical lesson we can pass on, whether as teachers or parents (whom I define as the first and most important educators). The following blog was brought to my attention by … Continue reading
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Tagged Critical thinking, Education, Independent Thinking, Learning, Leo Babauta, Life Skills, Science in Society, Teacher, Teaching
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Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto– Book Review by Jonathan Pinedo
Originally posted on Race, Class and Ethnicity in American History:
These days, it is popular to declare that American education is “broken,” that kids do not receive the proper education, and that many of them are dropping out of school.…
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A Boom Time for Education Start-Ups | Chronicle of Higher Education | #Edtech #hackedu
Originally posted on Campus Entrepreneurship:
Nick DeSantis of the Chronicle of Higher Education writes about the incredible surge in investing in education technology start-ups. While people in the article claim ‘this time is different, I am not so sure. (I…
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ED Program Helps Put Homeless Students on Right Track | ED.gov Blog
What are your state and community doing about the education of homeless students? As more and more families become homeless, more and more children have nowhere to go to school. This is one solution that seems to be making progress … Continue reading
Great Blog: Wake, Woke, Awake, Awoken
Are you a teacher of English, especially at the middle- or high-school level? Here is a great blog on various forms of waking. The site itself (http://dailypost.wordpress.com) has great articles for helping decipher the rules of irregular verbs, containing items often … Continue reading
Free eBook for Teachers from NEA Today
Although normally I do not support associations affiliated with direct collective bargaining, NEA is not just a political group; it shares resources that help make teaching better. If you “like” NEA Today on Facebook, you can download a short e-book … Continue reading
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Tagged education links, Facebook, free ebook, free teaching aids, National Education Association, NEA, teaching aids
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Violence In Schools: How Big A Problem Is It? : NPR
How safe are your community schools and colleges? NPR presents a fact-based article supported by solid research and education statistics. “When you hear a news announcer say, ‘In an all-too-familiar story’ or call these incidents ‘epidemic,’ I think that’s where … Continue reading
Family-School-Community Partnerships : Priority Schools Campaign
Take part in the conversation about schools. Schools, after all, are communities within our greater communities, and need full participation of the greater communities to function effectively and efficiently. As a researcher, I can tell you that studies show … Continue reading
Fixing Education: Moving Toward the Future
Last night, I watched a segment on 60 minutes that featured a former-Wall-Street-pundit-turned-online-tutor. What started out as just helping his niece grew into a nice little non-profit organization to help students learn–in and out of classrooms! That reminded me of … Continue reading
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