Apr 8, 2010 Other 2559 Views
It's hard to believe that public education is a relatively new idea. In the United States education is considered a right, and most educated people believe that life long learning is the key to real success.
Apr 8, 2010 Other 3486 Views
Creating a great yearbook for your school is a fun and engaging project. Here are a few tips to get you started as well some suggestions for how you can save your school some money. In the process:
Apr 8, 2010 Other 3040 Views
Apr 8, 2010 Other 2560 Views
Lifelong learning is the key to success. But one's view towards learning often is cemented during the formative years in a public education system. We need to ensure that a love of learning is put into place during that time, not just knowledge.
Apr 10, 2010 English Language Teaching (ELT) 4967 Views
Apr 10, 2010 Other 2881 Views
The problem with learning today is that many people have a sour taste in their mouths from the drudgery of the systems currently in place. Who remembers the monotony of memorizing the multiplication tables with fondness?
Apr 12, 2010 Teaching 3932 Views
There are some problems with relying on testing as the primary means of assessing students challenged by math. Diagnostic or prior assessment is essential. We're flying blind without it. But favoring tests over integrated ongoing assessment may miss part of the potential power and value of assessment and even create some of the very problems our better teaching are trying to address.
Apr 16, 2010 Classroom Management 4406 Views
We all grew up with our parents, friends and mentors teaching us through the use of phrases, sayings and colloquialisms that seemed to fit perfectly to the subject at hand. But those sayings can be adapted to lots of situations that we face in the classroom, including the topic of classroom discipline.
Apr 16, 2010 Other 2662 Views
The well of knowledge is different for each of us. This is the part where you have to figure out what works for you. It may be a single stream or multiple ones.
Apr 17, 2010 Pronunciation/Phonics 3107 Views
Even before your children get to school you can give them a great start in learning to read by helping them develop their skills in phonics - or the ability to discriminate and use speech sounds. English speech is made up of 44 sounds combined in different ways...
