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May 30, 2010 – Father’s Day songs

Father’s Day Songs – Piggy-backed on familiar tunes) …

Students seeking financial assistance for college have the opportunity to win $5,000 with the Bridgestone Americas Safety Scholars Video Contest.

May includes some fun and interesting commemorations: Older Americans Month, National Day of Prayer Day, National Hoagie Day, and My Bucket’s got a Hole in It Day. Check out this month’s entire list….

The call has gone out from the recent governors’ conference and Bill Gates that the American high school is outdated and obsolete. All agree that the current structure reflects a time long passed its functionality. The system which was structured to serve an industrialized, factory driven economy, is no longer viable in this information driven age. What can be done to restructure the present system so that it meets the needs of a 21st century economy?

From the Archives: Some of our favorite Teachers.Net Gazette articles celebrating those who teach

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School bullying and recent tragic “Bullycides” have produced a flurry of television shows, news articles, legal actions, accusations, and outrage. But I know of no research or discussions on the insidious behavior of the biggest school bullies of all—the teachers.

When most people feel stress, they find healthy ways to express their feelings. However, others may not engage in healthy ways to release stress and may begin to engage in what is known as self-mutilation. This article discusses self-mutilation and focuses on one particular form, Trichotillomania.

“A road map tells you everything, except how to refold it,” says Ariel. A mind map folds easily, and is easy to unfold and peruse. It preserves the paths of memory, the blue highways that circle our own ineffable Timbuktu.

Announcing a new monthly feature, Karen’s Pre-K Page by early childhood educator Karen Cox! Each month Karen Cox will share unique and educational activities preschool and kindergarten teachers will love to use in their own classrooms.

This month the focus …

At a time when states across the country have been lowering their standards in an effort to avoid the severe penalties coming out of the nearly decade old No Child Left Behind legislation, a major new direction is underway. A panel of educators appointed by the nation’s governors and education commissioners has proposed a comprehensive set of standards to be used in the development of curriculum in mathematics and English for the country’s school children from kindergarten through high school.