Teachers.Net Gazette Vol.6 No.4
April 2009
Cover Story by Alfie Kohn
When “21st-Century Schooling” Just Isn’t Good Enough: A Modest Proposal
Are we serious about educating students for the global competitive economy of the future?
Earth Day Special Article: GE Project Plant-A-Bulb
Give the planet the gift of flowers for Earth Day....
Harry & Rosemary Wong: Effective Teaching
The Tools for Success
Columns
» Actively Involve Every Reader—Ten Easy Ideas! Sue Gruber
» Motivating Children Leah Davies
» Multiple Working Hypotheses Todd R. Nelson
» Eliciting vs. Punishments Marvin Marshall
» The Busy Educator's Monthly Five Marjan Glavac
» Tattle Tales and Classroom Helpers Barbara Pressman
» Tips for Travel to France or Italy with Students Josette Bonafino
» Too Much Parent Involvement? Can It Be? Dorothy Rich
» Return to Sender & The Neon Necklace Rick Morris
» Be Your Own Mentor: Reflect Hal Portner
Articles
» Getting Your Students' Work Published Alan Haskvitz
» At Risk Students: Victims of Miseducation and Failure Bill Page
» Teachers – Healing Broken Lives Graysen Walles
» Get Smart! Doodle! Tim Newlin
» A Dozen Ways to Build a Caring Classroom Community Susan Fitzell
» April 2009 Writing Prompts James Wayne
» Using Photographs To Inspire Writing VI Hank Kellner
» Quality in School Systems Panamalai R. Guruprasad
» Problems With 9th Grade Euclidian Geometry Stewart E. Brekke
» Multisensory/Kinesthetic Alphabet ActivitiesJeanine Horner
Features
» Apple Seeds: Inspiring Quotes Barb Stutesman
» Today Is... Daily Commemoration Ron Victoria
» The Lighter Side of Teaching
» Teacher Blogs Showcase
» Guided Reading in Kindergarten (printable)
» Printables - Happy Earth Day, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, We’ve Got the Whole World in Our Hands, Portable Word Wall, Earth Day Every Day Award, Bringing Choices to Light, and April - May Calendar
» Photo Tour: 3rd Grade Classroom, Red Creek, NY
» Lessons, Activities, Theme ideas: Earth Day, Mother’s Day, Paul Revere, Spring, Easter, more!
» Featured Lesson: Outdoor Activities/Nature
» Meet Bill Martin Jr. and Brown Bear, Brown Bear, Creative Quotes from Shakespeare, Massive Ant Colony Uncovered! AMAZING science!, Tim Hawkins - Cletus Take the Reel, Lovefield, and Dolphin Bubbles: An Amazing Behavior
» Live on Teachers.Net: April 2009
» Newsdesk: Events & Opportunities for Teachers
» Wisdom for the pain? Why Did You Do It? Why Pursue National Board Certification?
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Author Bill Martin explains how he got the idea for Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (:47)
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Creative Quotes from Shakespeare
A thought provoking collection of quotations from William Shakespeare (1564-1616); born on Apr 23. English dramatist, poet; considered the greatest writer in any language for his 154 sonnets and 37 plays. (7:57)
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Massive Ant Colony Uncovered! AMAZING science!
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