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School Choice, Tracking & Resegregation

by Teachers.Net Gazette

Mar 20, 2014

Linked below is the first of 4 excerpts we'll be sharing from the new book "On the Same Track: How Schools Can Join the Twenty-First-Century Struggle Against Resegregation" by school administrator Carol Corbett Burris (Beacon Press, March 18, 2014).

Coming soon: an opportunity to win a free copy of the book!

This excerpt reveals ...See More

5th Grade newly revised science standards

by Tina/OH/5

Mar 15, 2014

After deconstructing the newly revised science standards for 5th grade, I'm still concerned that I have not included everything that needs to be covered. Full implementation will take place next year. Is there anyone who is willing to compare notes? I'm interested to see how others have interpreted things.

Tina/OH/5

How to teach less helplessness, more independence

by Kathleen

Mar 12, 2014

Today's article for educators:

Dealing with Learned Helplessness by Barbara Blackburn and Dr. Bradley Witzel

Learned helplessness is a process of conditioning where student seek help from others even when they have mastered information. Are your practices inadvertently fostering helplessness in students? What can teachers do to t...See More

How the Red Hot Chili Peppers helped a teacher-leader

In the teacher-feature "Give It Away, Give It Away, Give It Away Now!" Sharon Thomas says:

Thanks to the Red Hot Chili Peppers and their brief appearance at the Super Bowl for finally giving me a title to play with and thus helping to pull the pieces together. ... Giving up my old ideas about what constituted teacher-leadership helps me fo...See More

Mar 10, 2014

Jim Wayne's writing prompts for the week now posted!

Writing prompts for the coming week are posted online! (Note: Gazette pages might sometimes be unavailable for a few minutes at a time while the webmaster tends to some technical issues. If that happens, just check back a little later.)

Here's just one of many writing prompts for specific days in March that will entertain and motivate stud...See More

Mar 9, 2014

Writing prompts for March 1-9 by Jim Wayne are posted!

Why did the US Government buy a herd of camels? What did Dennis the Menace and Albert Einstein have in common? Whose brain set a record for the smallest brain ever measured for an adult man with a normal head?

All of those intriguing questions and many more will be answered during March in Jim Wayne's very popular Writing Prompts! The firs...See More

Mar 1, 2014

Writing prompts for this week now posted!

Feb 16, 2014

This week's prompts are now posted! Here's a sample from the dozens available!

In 1930, the first cow flew on an airplane. The cow was even milked while on the airplane. What kind of problems do you think there would be trying to fly a cow or other large animal on an airplane?

8 Black History Study Strategies to Avoid by Jennifer Davis

Feb 10, 2014

Jennifer Davis Bowman, Ed.D. writes in Teachers.Net Gazette:

After thinking about the curriculum that most educators (including myself) fall into during the month of February, I compiled a list of 8 things to avoid during the study of Black History. [Click below to read her list.]