Teachers.Net Gazette Vol.6 No.4

April 2009

	Cover Story by Alfie Kohn
	When “21st-Century Schooling” Just Isn’t Good Enough: A Modest Proposal
Are we serious about educating students for the global competitive economy of the future?
	Earth Day Special Article: GE Project Plant-A-Bulb Give the planet the gift of flowers for Earth Day....
	Harry & Rosemary Wong: Effective Teaching
	The Tools for Success
	Columns
»	Actively Involve Every Reader—Ten Easy Ideas! Sue Gruber
»	Motivating Children Leah Davies
»	Multiple Working Hypotheses Todd R. Nelson
»	Eliciting vs. Punishments Marvin Marshall
»	The Busy Educator's Monthly Five Marjan Glavac
»	Tattle Tales and Classroom Helpers Barbara Pressman
»	Tips for Travel to France or Italy with Students Josette Bonafino
»	Too Much Parent Involvement? Can It Be? Dorothy Rich
»	Return to Sender & The Neon Necklace Rick Morris
»	Be Your Own Mentor: Reflect Hal Portner
	Articles
»	Getting Your Students' Work Published Alan Haskvitz
»	At Risk Students: Victims of Miseducation and Failure Bill Page
»	Teachers – Healing Broken Lives Graysen Walles
»	Get Smart! Doodle! Tim Newlin
»	A Dozen Ways to Build a Caring Classroom Community Susan Fitzell
»	April 2009 Writing Prompts James Wayne
»	Using Photographs To Inspire Writing VI Hank Kellner
»	Quality in School Systems Panamalai R. Guruprasad
»	Problems With 9th Grade Euclidian Geometry Stewart E. Brekke
»	Multisensory/Kinesthetic Alphabet ActivitiesJeanine Horner
	Features
»	Apple Seeds: Inspiring Quotes Barb Stutesman
»	Today Is... Daily Commemoration Ron Victoria
»	The Lighter Side of Teaching
»	Teacher Blogs Showcase
»	Guided Reading in Kindergarten (printable)
»	Printables - Happy Earth Day, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, We’ve Got the Whole World in Our Hands, Portable Word Wall, Earth Day Every Day Award, Bringing Choices to Light, and April - May Calendar
»	Photo Tour: 3rd Grade Classroom, Red Creek, NY
»	Lessons, Activities, Theme ideas: Earth Day, Mother’s Day, Paul Revere, Spring, Easter, more!
»	Featured Lesson: Outdoor Activities/Nature
»	Meet Bill Martin Jr. and Brown Bear, Brown Bear, Creative Quotes from Shakespeare, Massive Ant Colony Uncovered! AMAZING science!, Tim Hawkins - Cletus Take the Reel, Lovefield, and Dolphin Bubbles: An Amazing Behavior
»	Live on Teachers.Net: April 2009
»	Newsdesk: Events & Opportunities for Teachers
»	Wisdom for the pain? Why Did You Do It? Why Pursue National Board Certification?

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Tim Hawkins - Cletus Take the Reel Recommended by Deb/ms/IA on Teachers.Net Chatboard A parody of "Jesus Take the Wheel" by Carrie Underwood. (2:20) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfs3BJZxKkc Lovefield (Contains some disturbing scenes) Recommended by Battleship Ron on Teachers.Net Chatboard Lovefield combines elements of HORROR, SUSPENSE and DRAMA to create a story that takes the audience on a roller coaster ride of emotions. (5:29) www.youtube.com/watch?v=4meeZifCVro Dolphin Bubbles: An Amazing Behavior Watch the dolphins at SeaWorld Orlandos Dolphin Cove as they artfully create and play with underwater bubble rings (3:26) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuVgXJ55G6Y Please send your favorite YouTube videos to kathleen@teachers.net. We'll consider all submissions for future Video Bytes! » More Gazette articles... http://www.fbi.gov/cyberinvest/escams.htm

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