Taking a Look at Engaged Learning
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Before teachers can see how engaged learning can affect the education
of their student's one has to take a look at the definition of it. Engaged
lear...
Reinventing Schools for the Future
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This was an interesting article that I read about reinventing schools for
the twenty-first century. The article speaks about how most school
buildings are ...
Classroom Instruction that Works
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I chose the book “Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-Based
Strategies for Creating Student Achievement” by Robert J. Marzano, Debra J.
Pickering...
keep it simple, stupid
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http://www.mckenzie-pediatrics.com/shop/images/BobWelch.pdf
Just out of curiosity one day I typed into a google search--"What's wrong
with parents today?" ...
A Financial Reward for Putting Off College?
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Getting paid to not go to college? That is what I thought at first when I
looked at this article. However really what they are saying is that many
institut...
How Much Homework Should a Teacher Send Home?
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This past year, I found myself rather frustrated with the fact that my
fifth grader was coming home with 1-3 hours worth of homework 2-4 days of
the week. ...
More Info to Scare Parents About Autism
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I have come to the conclusion that after the countless studies about the
causes of autism and how to “cure” it; we are barely farther along than
when we s...
My kid can walk on water!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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"Oh didn’t you know, my kid can walk on water!" "Tommy would never say the
f-word; I don’t even know where he would hear such a thing?" "Hi Mr. Carr,
this...
Last week - shameless plug time
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My theme throughout this class has been technology - the good and the bad.
Mostly, I wanted to promote technology in teaching in a general way because
I fe...
Burned by Your Firewall!
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How many times have educators been burned by their school’s firewall or web
site filter? The number is probably too staggering to figure. But, it is a
lot!...
To Make Up or Not to Make Up
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"Is there anything I can do to get a passing grade?” How many times have
each of us heard that questions two days before the end of a semester? “What
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Why do HS students drop out?
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The Baltimore Sun reported that hundreds of educators in Maryland met in
late June to focus on three questions - what drives students out of school
- what ...