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Why Do Teachers Quit? And why do they stay? by LIZ RIGGS
Added by Michael Keany on October 22, 2013 at 4:23pm — 1 Comment
Mental Health Matters: School Shootings
Mental health issues have long been on our leadership radar but these shootings have made it a new level of priority; one that exists in the larger context of mental health issues. Three of the shooters connected to the deadliest school shootings had documented histories of emotional challenges. Read more...
Added by Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers on October 22, 2013 at 3:29pm — No Comments
National Day on Writing
Today is the 5th annual National Day on Writing. How are you celebrating literacy today?
Happy reading and writing,
Christine
Added by Christine Brower-Cohen on October 21, 2013 at 3:41pm — No Comments
Passing on learning attitudes by Annie Murphy Paul
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Added by Michael Keany on October 21, 2013 at 6:37am — No Comments
French Schools Give Up Their Free Wednesdays
French Schools Give Up Their Free Wednesdays
This article in The Economist reports on a controversial change being implemented by French education officials: students will now have to go to school every Wednesday. Since 1882, French students have had a four-day week, originally to allow for religious education outside school. Initially the day off was Thursday, with longer hours on the other four days, but in 1972 the no-school day was moved to…
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Using Mobile Devices As Tools in French and German Courses
Using Mobile Devices As Tools in French and German Courses
In this article in Foreign Language Annals, Lara Ducate and Lara Lomicka (University of South Carolina/Columbia) report on their study of college students in intermediate French and German classes who used iPod Touches and cell phones as an integral part of their courses. Here are some of the in-class tasks that were assigned: searches about cities, people, political parties, and…
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Research Findings on Gestures, Misconceptions, and Budding Engineers
Research Findings on Gestures, Misconceptions, and Budding Engineers
This roundup in Principal recommends three brain-based strategies to try in classrooms:
• Encourage gestures. San Francisco State researchers found that 2-5 year-olds who used hand gestures while sorting cards by color and shape did better than older children who didn’t use gestures. A different study reported in Child Development’s spring…
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Jazzing Up a Science Unit with Fine Arts Activities
Jazzing Up a Science Unit with Fine Arts Activities
“Science must be something that students do, not something that is done to them,” say Judy Beck and Laura Kaufmann (University of South Carolina Upstate/Greenville) and Cece Toole (Meredith College) in this article in AMLE Magazine. In that spirit, they suggest how a middle-school unit on simple machines can incorporate drama, visual arts, dance, and music:
• Show videos…
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Helping Students Notice and Make Good Use of Graphics as They Read by Kathryn Roberts and colleagues
Helping Students Notice and Make Good Use of Graphics as They Read
In this article in The Reading Teacher, Kathryn Roberts (Wayne State University) and five colleagues suggest how elementary teachers can foster graphical literacy in their students, following the emphasis on this in the Common Core standards:
• Help children see that good readers pay attention to graphics. Some parents and teachers inadvertently…
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8 educational timeline tools for teachers
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The Value Added & Growth Score Train Wreck is Here by Bruce D. Baker - School Finance 101
Added by Michael Keany on October 19, 2013 at 1:09pm — No Comments
Ben Franklin's Guide to Innovation
Ben Franklin's Guide to Innovation
Imagine Ben Franklin, fat and self-satisfied.
That image his hard to conjure because Franklin, one of America's great innovators, was …
Added by Michael Keany on October 18, 2013 at 6:15am — No Comments
Halloween Reads
Trick or treat,
Smell my feet,
Give me something good to .....
read?
The New York Public Library has posted Halloween Reads IV: The Repass. Check out the librarians' suggestions for some haunting reads.
Happy reading,
Christine…
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Teachers, Don't Forget Joy By Judy Wallis
Teachers, Don't Forget Joy
- Ed Week
As another school year moves into high gear, I would like to offer a few thoughts.
Not long ago, the room where classmates and I met for our 50th high school reunion buzzed with all the conversations you'd…
ContinueAdded by Michael Keany on October 17, 2013 at 6:19am — No Comments
The Secrets to Creating a Positive School Culture from A Principal's Reflections by Eric Sheninger
Added by Michael Keany on October 17, 2013 at 6:16am — No Comments
Anti-Bullying Programs Could Be a Waste of Time by Christopher J. Ferguson
Anti-Bullying Programs Could Be a Waste of Time
Bullying has been declining for over a decade, but data suggests that's not because of anti-bullying programs
ContinueAdded by Michael Keany on October 16, 2013 at 5:41pm — No Comments
What Makes a Successful Tutor? by SETH LINDEN
Added by Michael Keany on October 16, 2013 at 5:30pm — No Comments
From Brooklyn Castle to Ivory Tower: A Young Chess Master Celebrates Her Teachers by ROCHELLE BALLANTYNE
From Brooklyn Castle to Ivory Tower: A Young Chess Master Celebrates Her Teachers
OCTOBER 15, 2013This post by ROCHELLE…
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Added by Michael Keany on October 16, 2013 at 5:25pm — No Comments
are you a left or a right brainer?
Added by mouhssine kharbach on October 16, 2013 at 12:19pm — No Comments
Bipartisan Agreement on Two Disastrous Ideas
Bipartisan agreement on two disastrous ideas
In a commentary in Education Week, Marc Tucker, Linda Darling-Hammond, and John Jackson write that Democrats and Republicans agree on two things for ESEA reauthorization: continued grade-by-grade testing, and sanctions exclusively for the lowest-achieving schools, which primarily serve low-income and immigrant students. The authors feel these provisions virtually guarantee the overall performance of our students…
Added by Michael Keany on October 15, 2013 at 9:41pm — No Comments
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