Budget Cuts Slicing Deeper in Districts Nationwide

Budget Cuts Slicing Deeper in Districts Nationwide To cope with shrinking budgets, school districts around the country are cutting programs once thought to be untouchable.

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Academic Testing invalid due to Cheating?

Studies Find Cheaters Overinflate Academic Ability

New research shows that, when students succeed at cheating on tests, they get duped into thinking they're smarter than they really are.

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How Do You Get Control Of Your Classroom?

Teachers: How Do You Get Control Of Your Classroom?


Mandy Hickson, who is currently student teaching, wrote in and asked us if we had any advice for getting control of a classroom. Honestly, we know this is the most essential skill when teaching and they don't cover it in college. Our best advice is to always, always be consistent and remain calm. When you set class rules, make sure you follow them as well. See as many veteran teachers as you can to get an idea of a variety of styles that are used. This helps you establish your own. See teachers at all grade levels and areas. I learned some of my most effective techniques from a high school wood shop teacher- and I teach seventh graders!

Inexpsenive Art Lesson Plans...

Art on a Shoestring
You don't need to be Picasso to teach valuable artistic concepts in your classroom. Celebrate Arts Education Month with these art lessons that will make you (and your classroom) look good without breaking the bank.

Secrets for Teachers to get in Touch with Their Inner Student

Teacher Leaders Network

Teaching Secrets: Get Back in Touch With Your Inner Student

Heather Wolpert-Gawron says that, to inform their classroom practice, teachers should reintroduce themselves to who they were as students—and she offers some tips to help get the process started.

Graduating and Going to College?

College Bound Blog

Fewer Schools Deemed 'Dropout Factories'

The number of schools with graduation rates no higher than 60 percent fell by 6.4 percent, but not all states saw improvements, according to a new report.

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Are Charter Schools the Answer to Low Performing Schools?

New Urban Playbook: Hand Over Schools to Charter Operators Detroit proposes to turn over 41 low-performing schools to charter operators, joining a growing list of districts embracing that strategy.

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STUDY ON HOW TO HELP STUDENTS UNDERSTAND ACADEMIC LANGUAGE

Top Story Today:

New Insights Yielded through District Scholar Partnership

A collaboration between researchers and some of the countries biggest school districts over the past 5 years suggests ways that students can learn to comprehend academic language.

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Welcome to my blog.

Hi, and welcome to my blog on teaching and education.  Through this blog I hope we can share strategies, knowledge, ideas, and resources to make us better educators, more efficient teachers, and provide a little more "ME" time outside of our work lives.

I also hope a discourse on educational policies, politics, and pedagogy develops here.

Thanks.
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