The recent cutting of state budgets, NCLB, insistence on standardized testing, and the possibility of merit pay may create a tipping point in many schools that could well spell a sea-change in education that could influence school climate for decades.

New book teaches school personnel and teachers how to create a school volunteer program from start to finish.

What happens when one teacher makes it her mission to just BE HAPPIER? Can the challenges of the new year really be tempered by a plan of action, the musings of a blogger, and a steely will to have a great year?

Teachers control testing procedures in each learning unit and grading period. They determine the test items, the testing conditions, the marking rules, the scoring and averaging policies. And, teachers arbitrarily decide the myriad of factors within their decision making that determines students’ grades.

08-01:  The only thing worth living for is the lifting up of our fellow humans.  ~ Booker T. Washington
08-02:  What am I doing to teach someone else what I have learned?  ~ Arthur Burns  
08-03:  Summer is  the time when one sheds one’s tensions with one’s clothes, and the right kind of day is jeweled balm [...]

“Gentlemen, hold onto your balls!” (or Things you never thought you would say – or hear – in class).

Top Ten All Time TV Shows for Teachers
 
10.   Arrested Development
 
 9.   The Adventures of Pete and Pete – The twin brothers in your room
 
 8.   The X-Files – Notes you’ve saved from the Christmas party
 
 7.   Jackass – Adventures of your principal
 
 6.   Saved by the Bell
 
 5.   Twlight Zone – The last 20 minutes of the day
 
 4.   Beavis and Butthead [...]

Tom Sawyer was a better psychologist than B.F. Skinner, the famous exponent of behaviorism. This theory assumes that all behaviors are prompted only by external sources.
In contrast, Tom used the power of internal motivation. He enticed others to become committed to the task by the privilege of whitewashing the fence.
Behaviorism creates a desire for the [...]

Every month Marjan Glavac, professional speaker, teacher, longtime supporter of the Teachers.Net community, and co-author of “How To Thrive And Survive In Your Classroom,” has provided for Teachers.Net Gazette readers “The Busy Educator’s Monthly Five.” The Monthly Five is an annotated list of websites Marjan believes educators will enjoy seeing and using. You’ll find the list below, but first, we’ve invited Marjan to tell you about his helpful new resource: an ebook, How To Make A Difference: Inspiring Students To Do Their Best, that might be the teaching resource you’ve been looking for.

September is . . . Self Improvement Month, Be Kind To Editors and Writers Month, International Square Dance Month, Cable TV Month, National Bed Check Month, National Chicken Month, National Courtesy Month, National Honey Month, National Mind Mapping Month, National Piano Month, National Rice Month, National Papaya Month, and Classical Music Month.