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Category Archives: Fixing Education
Put the Brakes on the Summer Slide | Teaching Tolerance
Here is a great–and short!–list of things one can do with a student during the summer. Enjoy! Put the Brakes on the Summer Slide | Teaching Tolerance. If the link above does not work, copy and past this URL into … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Fixing Education, Kids Reading, PostADay
Tagged Education, Learning, PostADay/PostAWeek, Reading, Student, WordPress
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Students Must not be Treated as Criminals | Teaching Tolerance
Students Must not be Treated as Criminals | Teaching Tolerance. Here’s a copy of the linked-to blog: I don’t remember exactly what instigated it, but something had made Cashanda mad. She positioned herself—and her desk—right smack in front of the … Continue reading
Posted in behavior management, Education, Fixing Education, PostADay
Tagged Education, Educators, K through 12, Special education, Student, Teacher
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10th Grade Exam Question: “And the Most Interesting Character of the Year Award Goes to____”? | Used Books in Class
If you are interested in a creative way to challenge your students on an English or literature or (as in this case) world literature class, try this idea. This certainly would have made some of my literature classes more fun … Continue reading
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Education Week Teacher: Classroom Management That Creates Harmony Instead of Hostility
From a blog I meant to repost almost two months ago: Although many experts oppose punishment-and-reward systems, they are still used in almost every classroom. Teachers are often required to adopt a school-wide classroom-management system, or they may institute their … Continue reading
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Tagged Behavior, Classroom, Classroom management, Education, Education Week, Hostility, Punishment, Student
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Edutopia News | May 30, 2012
Always a pleasure to share Edutopia newsletters and blogs. Here’s one that was sent out a few weeks ago–yes, I’m catching up. (wink) You don’t have to wait for me and my input. You can get Edutopia information directly from … Continue reading
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Tagged Education, education technology, K through 12, Learning, Technology in education
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your voice | summer 2012
Below is a link to an informal survey regarding the “option” of failure at the university level. Some of the comments are interesting, and related articles are helpful to anyone teaching at the post-secondary level–whether online or in traditional classrooms. … Continue reading
Originally posted on Virtual School Meanderings:
From Saturday’s inbox… Allied Online High School Blog Offline Summer Reading Recommendations for Online High School Students Posted: 15 Jun 2012 10:57 AM PDT By JACQUELYN SANBORN, Dean of Instruction at Allied National High…
Originally posted on Used Books in Class:
Shhhhh….We’ve been very, very quiet in grade 9 this year with our Silent Sustained Reading (SSR) academic experiment in the college prep 9th grade class. 77 students were asked to read a minimum…
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