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Writing To Think: When a Student Can’t Wri...
Friday, May 17, 2013
Jump To up The Psycholinguistic Case For Writing EducationCan You Better Teach Math and Science By Teaching Writing?Writing To Think In The Classroom down Close When I was first learning basic math, I played a computer game at home called Math Rescue. Math Rescue was an educational platform game developed…
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50 Tips On How To Work Harmoniously With Parents
Monday, May 13, 2013
Every teacher wants parents to feel like they’re part of a team in support of a child’s learning. Most teachers realize that effective communication with parents does not consist of a single act — such as a parent-teacher conference — but is instead part of an ongoing, two-way exchange. Creating…
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18 Myths People Believe About Education
Monday, May 6, 2013
Editor’s Note: Some of these myths are contentious. Please feel free to leave a comment if you don’t agree with any of them, but please keep it civil. Any form of abuse will not be published. Thank you. Embed This Infographic An Infographic by Open Colleges 1. More Homework Means…
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8 Online Tools To Help Educate Students With Dis...
Friday, April 26, 2013
One of the most remarkable aspects of modern education is the great diversity of today’s classroom. Thanks to mainstreaming and inclusion policies, students of all abilities study in all classrooms from kindergarten through college, even when they have physical, psychological, or cognitive disabilities that seem too challenging to integrate or…
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16 Ways To Promote “Grit” and Delaye...
Thursday, April 18, 2013
In psychology, intelligence is not the primary predictor of success. It is the ability to persevere in hardship, persist and learn after failure, and have a resilient spirit in the face of obstacles. Intelligence is a gift that can be developed and nurtured, but continuing on a difficult path when…
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50 Non-Profit Organizations That Educate People ...
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Education is the backbone of a successful society. Every human being should have the right, privilege, and opportunity to get the best education possible. Unfortunately in our world, this is often not a reality for many impoverished people groups. Education falls by the wayside as people groups struggle to find…
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10 Ways to Inspire Your Colleagues As An Educato...
Friday, April 5, 2013
A recent story on The Onion, the Internet’s beloved satire site renowned for its ability to pinpoint painful truths in its “fake news” stories, last week underscored one of the saddest dynamics of modern education. In “Inspirational English Teacher Cancelled out by Every Other Teacher at School,” the problem of…
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The Real Meaning of Social Entrepreneurship and ...
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
“Social entrepreneurs don’t just pursue a social end, they pursue that end in a fundamentally communal way.” –Sally Osberg, Skoll Foundation In a not-so-distant past, college degrees were the safety nets that led to job security. Now those nets are riddled with holes, sagged down by the weight of so…
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Running on Empty? 25 Tricks to Jumpstart Routine...
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Over the years, I’ve noticed how one question can change the dynamics of any situation. Everything might be moving along quite nicely at the dinner table, everyone’s happy and laughing but one question can send those same smiling faces into a frenzy of shouts and upset. This also holds true…
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Comedy in the Classroom: 50 Ways to Bring Laught...
Monday, March 25, 2013
During a recent class session, my students stared at me with blank expressions, glassy eyes, pasty and pale skin, and jowls drooping. I think I even saw a string of saliva hanging from the corner of one student’s mouth. I was reviewing plot structure. It was perfect except for the…
