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What Happens When You Sneeze?
As an elementary classroom teacher (mostly 5th Grade), I was always worried about being out sick or attending a conference for a bunch of reasons - I wasn't sure if the sub would cover all the work, if the children would make good choices (i.e.- would they behave) and honestly, I always missed my kids. The feeling was usually mutual (depending on the class or time of year) and upon my return my kids would ask me to never be absent again because it wasn't…
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Thank You and Be Quoted in National Parenting Magazine
February 28, 2013
Writer and illustrator, Kathy Temean posted this about my article in the March 2013 issue of Parenting magazine School Years…
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Dear Teacher, With Love: When Student Letters Change Your Life By Marilyn Rhames
Dear Teacher, With Love: When Student Letters Change Your Life
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Teaching Values: Let's End Our Misguided Approach By Katherine Casey and Francesca Kaplan Grossman
Teaching Values: Let's End Our Misguided Approach
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"Schools and teachers don't get to choose whether they teach values. Schools and teachers are always affecting values by, for…
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Professional-development reform: 8 steps to make it happen By Tom Murray
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Kickboard Raises $2 Million in Series A Funding Led By New Markets Venture Partners and Two Sigma Ventures
Kickboard, a web-based school analytics platform that allows educators and school leaders to capture, analyze and securely share critical student performance data, announced today that it has received $2 million in Series A funding led by New Markets Venture Partners and Two Sigma Ventures, with participation from several angel investors. The new round adds to $800,000 from previous seed and angel rounds, bringing the total amount…
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Thirty Years Later: A Nation Still at Risk? By: Alison DeNisco
Thirty Years Later: A Nation Still at Risk?
This April marks the 30th anniversary of the controversial Reagan-era report “A Nation at Risk”—and little has changed since.
By:…
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Why I Cannot Support the Common Core Standards by Diane Ravitch
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Twitter Is Perfect for Socially Awkward People By Peter DeWitt
Twitter Is Perfect for Socially Awkward People
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Singapore: Bilingual Language Policy and its Educational Success By Anthony Jackson
Singapore: Bilingual Language Policy and its Educational Success
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Parenting Article Published - Thanks to You!
February 27, 2013
Thank you to everyone who answered my email query about allowing your own child to quit an activity. I received many replies, interviewed great parents, and the published article appears in the March 2013 issue of Parenting- School Years Edition, on newsstands now! If you're rushing out the door to…
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ADHD Medication Can Help Kids, But It Can't Fix Schools By Nancy Rappaport
ADHD Medication Can Help Kids, But It Can't Fix Schools
I think we can all agree that reforming schools through medicating students would be misguided, even ridiculous.
Yet The New York Times reported…
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Poverty's Prominent Role in Absenteeism By Marc Cutillo
Poverty's Prominent Role in Absenteeism
Ed WeekHalf of life is just showing up." I once loved repeating that to my students who were regularly absent from school. Like all good quotes, it owns a perfect blend of simplicity, adaptation,…
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Grand Central Celebration and Exhibit
February 25, 2013
Vanderbilt Hall in Grand Central Station is home to an exhibit honoring the 100th anniversary of the Grand Central Terminal. Hurry to see the exhibit before it closes on March 15th, but take…
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A Genetic Code for Genius? By GAUTAM NAIK
A Genetic Code for Genius?
In China, a research project aims to find the roots of intelligence in our DNA; searching for the supersmart…
Added by Michael Keany on February 25, 2013 at 12:41pm — No Comments
Advanced Placement: Growing, But Good Enough? By Peter Gow
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You Better Start Listening to Teachers By John Wilson
You Better Start Listening to Teachers
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The IQ Debate By Walt Gardner
The IQ Debate
Added by Michael Keany on February 25, 2013 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment
When Schools Cut Nurses By Peter DeWitt
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5 Indications Your Leadership Is Obsolete for 21st Century Schools by J. Robinson
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