Teacher's look at what's new and noteworthy in educator blogs. Recently: Heavy Thanksgiving Praise, Ad Hock, and Trimming Tech Fat. (November 25, 2008)
Career Corner
Plan to Teach a Demonstration Lesson
Deborah R. Snyder offers advice for planning and executing the kind of demonstration lesson that will land you the job. (November 19, 2008)
Living in Dialogue
Time to Get Smart about Assessment
To capitalize on Obama's plans for change, Anthony Cody says we need to reevaluate and reconstruct assessment practices. (December 1, 2008)
Eduholic
Emmet Rosenfeld is now officially a National Board Certified Teacher and boy is he happy! (November 21, 2008)
A Place at the Table
If President-Elect Obama called Susan Graham for her opinion on the Secretary of Education position, she'd say the answer is right in front of him. (November 30, 2008)
New Terrain
A serendipitous teachable moment at a bagel shop leaves Jessica Shyu smiling. (November 21, 2008)
The Book Whisperer
The country’s highest achieving students have made the fewest gains in the era of NCLB and Donalyn Miller isn’t happy about it. (November 19, 2008)
Unwrapping the Gifted
The Evolving Definition of Giftedness
Tamara Fischer reminds readers about the upcoming edweek.org chat on the nature of giftedness: Is it static or can it be taught? (November 18, 2008)
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From the Archives
At a Mississippi boarding school, Hamlet gets a streetwise makeover. (March 1, 2003)
Sam Dyson's students forge linguistic connections to a distant land. (October 1, 2006)
HighlightsBecause of the cost in firing underperforming teachers in Ohio, a policy group wants to expand a teacher-training program. (December 1, 2008, AP)
The state is raising funds for a teacher resort, in an effort to combat the occupation's high turnover rate with vacation rewards. (November 29, 2008, AP)
In the past year, 64 percent of U.S. high school students have cheated on a test and 30 percent have stolen from a store, according to a new survey. (November 30, 2008, AP)
Teacher Sourcebook
Selected online resources on addressing diverse student-learning needs and styles. (September 10, 2008)
Thankful for Teacher Visionaries
After the sudden death of an inspirational former boss, Laura Reasoner Jones reflects on what it means to be a visionary. (November 25, 2008)
Featured Blog
If President-Elect Obama called Susan Graham for her opinion on the Secretary of Education position, she'd say the answer is right in front of him. (November 30, 2008)
Math Teachers Barely Ahead of Students
Math teachers who don't know their subject are more common in high-poverty schools, according to a new study. (November 25, 2008, AP)
With the emergence of Olympic superstar Michael Phelps as a role model for those with attention deficit, more people are seeing positive aspects of the disorder. And more. (November 26, 2008)
iPods Help Improve Idaho Scores
A 6th-grade teacher is using iPods to teach English, math, social studies, and reading. (November 24, 2008, AP)
Discussion
A reader wonders what policies or actions you've taken, seen, or read about that have helped reduce the frequency of student tardiness in your school.
Join the discussion. (November 21, 2008)
More StoriesIt’s one thing to teach kids. It’s a whole other thing to make sure what we’re teaching is of high quality. (September 10, 2008)
Senior Year Inviting More Math Choices
Interest in 12th grade math options for struggling and high-achieving students is on the rise. (November 19, 2008)
Ohio KIPP School Makes Changes
Ohio's first Knowledge is Power Program school renews efforts to get the "work hard, be nice" culture right. (November 22, 2008, AP)
Computer-adaptive testing addresses individual student needs, but challenges persist. (November 19, 2008)
'Reading First' Shows no Effect on Comprehension
The $6 billion spent on the program has helped students with basic decoding but not with understanding, a major study finds. (November 18, 2008)
19,000 Students Died in China Earthquake
China acknowledged that more than 19,000 of the 90,000 dead in last May's disaster were school children. (November 20, 2008, AP)
Fall 2008 IssueLatest AP News
Poll InteractiveChat Transcript
Designing and Delivering Quality Special Education
Nancy Reder and George Theoharis talked about the challenges associated with developing, implementing, and managing special education programs at the local, state, and federal levels.
Discussion Forums
A reader wonders what policies/actions you've taken, seen, or read about that have helped reduce the frequency of student tardiness in your school. Join in or start your own conversations.
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