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Inner City Is Not an Excuse
The achievement did not make the headlines in the local newspaper; there wasn't a mention on the evening news; and nary a tweet was twittered. This past school year all of Marco Campos' students passed the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) test in Reading and in Math. Every. Single. One.So, what makes this newsworthy? Marco Campos teaches in what some people refer to as an inner city school attended by low-income, minority students...
Schoolsville
By Todd NelsonThe job of an elementary school principal can get complicated some days. It all started when the code enforcement officer of Schoolsville, me, realized that the merchants and construction …
12 Surefire Tips: How to Manage Time and Increase Efficiency in the Classroom!
By Susan FitzellA dozen nifty tips for making the most of students’ time in class!
Get to Know Denmark!
By Tim NewlinThere is much that can be learned from the Danes and their struggle to deal with energy, health care, and taxes.
Reaching Every Student in Your Class
By Bill PageJust because administrators group kids together by age and assign them together in your classroom does not mean your students can all be taught alike.
Today is… (October 2009)
By Ron VictoriaOctober is:
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, National Crime Prevention Month, Family Health Month, Fire Prevention Month, National AIDS Awareness Month, and National Family Sexuality Education Month.
October 1 is … World …
The Busy Educator’s Monthly 5 Web Sites
By Marjan GlavacMarjan presents 5 of the most helpful web sites he’s encountered during his wanderings around the World Wide Web during the past month.
Lessons Learned from a Head Start Parent
By Cyndi FryOnce this struggling young mother understood it was important to read to her children, she decided not to wait for me to get started. She packed up the children …
Selective Mutism: Silent and Misunderstood
By Eileen DameMax could not talk to me, nor to anyone else, because he suffered from Selective Mutism, an often misunderstood, misdiagnosed and mishandled social anxiety. With appropriate interventions, children can overcome …
Digital Camera Lessons – Featured K-6 Lesson Plan
By Teachers.Net News DeskFrom the Teachers.Net Lesson Bank – one of more than 4300 teacher-submitted lessons!
Digital Camera Lessons
Computer, level: all
Posted by Kari Crosman.Pownal School, Pownal, USA
Materials Required: Digital Cameras
Here are my …
Apple Seeds
By Barb StutesmanInspirational quotes for educators
Printable Worksheets & Teaching Aids!
By Teachers.Net News DeskCheck through this clickable list for FREE seasonal activities to use immediately and teaching aids you can print and file for use later.
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Google Your School
By Rosemary Moore
I see a model for schools everywhere in what I observed at Google in Mountain View, CA . Google and other hi-tech corporations – Yahoo, YouTube and eBay – are successful because they have learned how to unleash creativity. That is what our schools should be doing, too.
From the Teachers.Net Community
- Today is… (October 2009)
- The Busy Educator’s Monthly 5 Web Sites
- Digital Camera Lessons – Featured K-6 Lesson Plan
- *NEW BOOK* Lighting Their Fires by Rafe Esquith
- Apple Seeds
- Tailgating Chicken Wings Recipe
- Dear Barb – Advice for Substitute Teachers
- Printable Worksheets & Teaching Aids!
Packing for a Foreign High School Tour: What NOT to Bring
By Josette BonafinoThe Global Travel Guru reveals what to bring and what to leave behind when packing for your next student trip overseas.
High Test Scores Are Nice… But There’s More
By Dorothy RichI like high student test scores, but what I don’t like is what many school districts across the country are doing to try to get them.
Getting to Know Ronnie: A Story About Autism
By Artie KnappThe author of Stuttering Stan Takes a Stand has published new story written to help kids understand autism; it’s reprinted here in its entirety. Also included is a link to download the Stuttering Stan Takes a Stand story audio file.
Animal Dissection: Cutting Kids’ Heartstrings
By Justin GoodmanThe view that it is acceptable to use animals as disposable laboratory tools is ingrained in us early on. As early as middle school, most students are forced by their teachers to cut up intact animals—usually earthworms, frogs or fetal pigs.
*NEW BOOK* Lighting Their Fires by Rafe Esquith
By Teachers.Net News DeskLighting Their Fires
Raising Extraordinary Children in a Mixed-up, Muddled-up, Shook-up World
By Rafe Esquith
Published by Viking Adult – August 2009 – $24.95US/CAN$31.00 - 978-0-670-02108-6
One of America’s most celebrated educators teaches parents how to create extraordinary children — in the classroom and beyond
In his bestselling book, Teach Like Your Hair’s on Fire, readers were introduced to Rafe Esquith and his extraordinary students in Hobart Elementary School’s Room 56. Using his amazing …
Real School Improvement
By Susan RismillerWhat’s a teacher to do when her school’s self-improvement plan seems to “get in the way” of her teaching goals?
A Question of Semantics?
By Marvin MarshallI’m much more positive in my own mind when I purposely view “misbehavior” as coming from “someone who didn’t learn the procedure,” as when I perceive the same behavior as …
Tailgating Chicken Wings Recipe
By Teachers.Net News DeskPosted by Chef Boy RV on theTeachers.Net Recipes Chatboard
Prepare for the next big football weekend ! Everybody in the US seems to like chicken wings. Here …
Dear Barb – Advice for Substitute Teachers
By Barbara PressmanIn this month’s Advice for Substitute Teachers column, Dear Barb offers input about subbing as a solution to being laid off from work, and lists games to use as time …
The Shy Child
By Leah DaviesShyness is often misunderstood because it is not one emotion, but a mixture of fear, tension, apprehension and/or embarrassment.
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