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Teach Plus: Closing the Curriculum Gap Is a Social Justice Issue
In the debate over how to improve public education, we should not lose sight of what we as teachers and schools are actually doing, of how are we educating our students and to what end. Strong performance on standardized tests … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Fixing Education, PostADay, PostADay/PostAWeek
Tagged critical thinking skills, curriculum, Education, educational equity, Huffington Post, K through 12, Learning, National Center for Education Statistics, PostADay/PostAWeek, poverty and education, Social justice, Standardized test, Teacher
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Repost: “Behaviour Mgmt & Ignoring Individual issues”
Since the area of behavior management in class is one of my specialties, I decided to share this teacher/blogger’s thoughts. One quote near the beginning caught my eye: One of the things I struggled with (yet somewhat enjoyed, lol) was … Continue reading
Lord of the Flies-Surviving Sophomore Island
Repost from another blogger. An excellent class activity! Read on… Lord of the Flies-Surviving Sophomore Island. If the link above doesn’t work, copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://usedbooksinclass.com/2012/06/04/lord-of-the-flies-surviving-sophomore-island/ ##
Posted in Education, PostADay, PostADay/PostAWeek
Tagged Best practice, Blog, Classroom, Classroom management, Education, Higher education, Learning, PostADay/PostAWeek, Teaching
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Reblogging (not necessarily agreeing): Why Twitter and Facebook Are Not Good Instructional Tools
The link below is to an interesting post from an individual who is having trouble (I think) figuring out creative ways to use the newest media and technology as part of the educational process–like math, science, social studies, English, etc. … Continue reading
Artfully Creating the Right Group Dynamic | Teaching Tolerance | Teacher Talk
This is a re-post of a re-post of a Teaching Tolerance blog post related to art and the art of teaching tolerance. You’re not seeing double; just read the preceding sentence out loud, if it helps. (grin) Mainly, read the … Continue reading
Small Change In Reading To Preschoolers Can Help Disadvantaged Kids Catch Up : Shots – Health Blog : NPR
Finally!! Or should I say, finally again!! Preschool programs are finally being recognized for their educational contributions to long-term learning. That lesson was learned decades ago with Head Start, but was quickly forgotten through the politicization of education. So glad … Continue reading
Teacher Talk | a place for education discussions
Dear Reader, If you follow my blog, you know that it deals only in part with education issues. For example, presently I’m in the middle of exploring how to publish to the Kindle. Since this blog addresses non-education issues, if … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Fixing Education, PostADay
Tagged Blog, Education, PostADay/PostAWeek, Progressive education, Teacher, Teacher education, WordPress, WordPress.com
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Kindle Publishing: A Diary–Day 9. Formatting Tips
Dear Diary, Wow! I put together a no-frills document template for Kindle publishing that I’m sharing for free! (I’m adding the link to the template below.) So today, I plan to share what I learned from several authors about formatting … Continue reading
Posted in ePublishing, PostADay, What I'm Reading
Tagged Amazon, Amazon Kindle, Book design, E-book, ePublishing, ePublishing for Beginners, ePublishing for Novices, Kindle, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle Publishing, Microsoft Word, PostADay/PostAWeek, Publishing Guide, Table of contents
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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
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
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