Damien Riley  |  Teaching  |  0 comments  |  820 views  |  Read Full

 

I started teaching at age 27. Though I thought I was old then, I look back now and see that I was most assuredly still a very young adult. Back then I was very much a self-starter.

Bruce Price  |  Teaching  |  0 comments  |  1958 views  |  Read Full

 

Our educators aren't very good at raising SAT scores, increasing literacy, or spreading knowledge. But they are world-class at making excuses.

Bruce Price  |  Teaching  |  1 comments  |  5649 views  |  Read Full

 

Constructivism has been ubiquitous for decades; educators can hardly write a grant proposal without using this trendy term. But what does it mean?

Barbara Overton  |  Teaching  |  0 comments  |  547 views  |  Read Full

 

How important really is the teacher in the education sector? Many people rely heavily on the teacher at schools for the education of their children. At the same time, educational institutions also take pride of their teachers’ capabilities to impart knowledge on the youth.

J.C. Sprenger  |  Teaching  |  0 comments  |  6034 views  |  Read Full

 

As a first year teacher, you will be faced with a diverse learning community in your classroom. Most likely you will have students from different ethnic, cultural, and social backgrounds which impacts the way they learn.

Meggin McIntosh  |  Teaching  |  0 comments  |  628 views  |  Read Full

 

A number of years ago, when I was a co-founder of a private school in our community, we had the opportunity to build a school from the ground up, including writing the philosophy of the school. I encourage you to read it and then to write your own academic and curriculum philosophy.

J.C. Sprenger  |  Teaching  |  0 comments  |  760 views  |  Read Full

 

Many questions come to the mind of a first year teacher when trying to compose a letter to students and parents. Sometimes the fear of acceptance comes into play, as well as a host of other apprehensions about entering the profession with very little experience.

Tonia Lee  |  Teaching  |  0 comments  |  834 views  |  Read Full

 

Many teachers are afraid to allow their students to use the Internet to write research papers. Teacher complaints that I have heard regarding this topic are: "Students plagiarize by cutting and pasting information from websites." "Students will not search beyond the first few sites they Google." "Students cannot distinguish an appropriate site for information from an advertisement."

Alice Thomas, M.Ed.  |  Teaching  |  0 comments  |  600 views  |  Read Full

 

A Boston Globe editorial stated that for "40 years, study after study on grade retention has reached the same conclusion: Failing a student, particularly in the critical ninth grade year, is the single largest predictor of whether he or she drops out" (Edley, 2002). The editorial goes on to state that "widespread retention further exacerbates the achievement gap..."

Linda Correli  |  Teaching  |  0 comments  |  1102 views  |  Read Full

 

Teachers are all at sea: despite a great deal of effort over the past 20 years, academic achievement among high school students continues to lag behind. In their attempt to improve school results, the educators are trying to find roots of poor academic achievement of high school students.