In a healthy community, people help each other grow. Collegial support of induction and professional growth of beginning teachers is a hallmark of a healthy education community...

What do you do if a district does not have a curriculum guide for your grade level or subject? How do you write a lesson plan? What are the steps in creating a good assignment?...

Using a business model for learning is a practice which has been described by the comic strip character Dagwood Bumstead: "You know, that makes a lot of sense if you don't think about it."...

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Regardless of how good or important the subject matter is, if no one is listening, then no one is learning. Students hold the keys to your success...

Teachers respond when a newly hired teacher posts, "How do I plan? prepare? Heck, someone please just tell me what I should be doing!"...

How, when, why should pre-k students participate in journal writing? The answers from a veteran pre-k teacher...

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Why young children bite, and how to deter this aggressive behavior and teach them positive ways to handle their feelings...

Ginny's List for Going Back to School

This month Ginny lists the supplies you'll need for opening the classroom, and oodles of free resources for all grade levels...

If you're the type of person who dreads speaking to a roomful of adults, then back-to-school night presentations can be the stuff of nightmares! Here are tips for what to say, and what not to say...

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Tour a 3rd grade classroom while learning about its organization and operation...

High School teachers offer the voice of experience for when students ask about creation vs. evolution...