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Cover Story: Dr. Marvin Marshall
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Immaculate Perception
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There is no such thing as immaculate perception. What you see is what you thought before you looked.
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Fostering Resiliency in Children
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When children are influenced by caring adults with high expectations for their success, they are more likely to withstand negative pressures and become responsible adults.
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By Leah Davies
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Making the Grade
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Are we using grades, or are grades using us? Do we get the biggest possible benefit from grading academic work?
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By Todd Nelson
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The Silenced Majority
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Fifty million students are available on a daily basis with experience and ability to solve many school problems.
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Bill Page
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I Won't Learn What You Teach!
For many of our students, school becomes a succession of damaging power struggles, so it is up to us - their teachers - to boldly step out of that pattern.
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By Susan Rismiller
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April Writing Prompts
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In 1828, Noah Webster published the first edition of his dictionary of the American language. What are some slang words or expressions you think might make it into the dictionary?
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By Jim Wayne
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The Disrespecting of Social Studies
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The demise of the importance of Social Studies threatens the appreciation for how government works and the rights of the individual.
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By Alan Haskvitz
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Dear Laura Bush
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Isn't it time someone pointed out that, after four decades and hundreds of thousands of education “reforms,” perhaps it is the politicians who are failing?
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By Bradley Cook
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Classroom Magazines: More Than Just Shared Reading
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Classroom Magazines are often overlooked as a valuable resource in reading programs.
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By Mandy Yates
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Stay Inside the Lines
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Color it whatever crazy, hopped up, non-realistic, spasmodic, operatic, rinky-dink color you want, but STAY INSIDE THE LINES!!!
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By Kevin Coffey
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Choice, Access, and Relevance: High School Reading Workshops
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By allowing students choice, access, and relevance, we became a community of readers.
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By Kimberly Payne
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Problem-Based Learning pt 2: Good problems
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Good problems challenge students to not only use, but go beyond factual information to a deeper understanding of the subject.
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By Hal Portner
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Amusing Abacus
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Addition and subtraction of numbers can be taught using a resource that is inexpensive, colorful, amusing, absolutely child friendly and easy to make.
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By P. R. Guruprasad
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The Lighter Side of Teaching
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