Teacher Magazine is a leading information source for k-12 teacher leaders. We cover instruction, school environment, classroom technology, curriculum, and other aspects of school reform and the teaching profession.... (Read More)
Learn What Parents Have To Say About That Child Care Center Before You Send Your Kids. Submit Your Anonymous Review & Help Inform Other Parents.... (Read More)
Alfred Thompson's blog about teaching computer science at the K-12 level. Alfred was a high school computer science teacher for 8 years. He has also taught grades K-8 as a computer specialist. He has written several textbooks and project books for te... (Read More)
Detracking for Excellence and Equity 
By Carol Corbett Burris and Delia T. Garrity (ASCD, 2008)Reviewed by Sherry L. Annee Biotechnology Teacher Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School (IN) Teacher Leaders Network What are the indicators that a book has ... (Read More)
To kick-off this week’s transition to our new blogging home-sweet-home, My Wonderful World is participating in an exciting blog-a-thon. The blog-a-thon, organized by YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia and Wiretap, is a “multimedia collaboration of youth pe... (Read More)
The holidays are meant to be fun for kids and adults alike, but before you rush out and buy the latest and greatest toys this year, stop and think. You want to choose toys and games your kids will love, but since these may make up the bulk of his pla... (Read More)
The Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) of 2008 requires all campuses to certify that they have plans to "effectively combat the unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material, including through the use of a variety of technology-based de... (Read More)
Our planUC Berkeley's Dr Marian Diamond has directed the Anatomy Enrichment program for over 30 years. Students who have earned an A or B in the department's Human Anatomy class (IB 131) can sign up for the Anatomy Enrichment Program (IB 133) to teac... (Read More)
Inside Higher Ed offers free online news and job information for college and university faculty, adjuncts, graduate students, and administrators, higher education jobs, faculty jobs, college jobs and university jobs... (Read More)
This is the second in a series of posts on charter schools inspired by the excellent, recent law review article by my friend professor Mark Weber. You can read the first post in this series here. Professor Weber's article may be found here.The numb... (Read More)
NPR news and commentary on education, schools, colleges and universities, and emerging trends in learning. Listen to audio and subscribe to RSS feeds.... (Read More)
This podcast provides behind-the-scenes information and updates about the K-12 Online Conference. K12Online is an annual, global conference which takes place in October each year. Learn more on http://k12onlineconference.org.... (Read More)
ABCTE teachers are a pretty amazing and independent group and it is always gratifying to meet them. This week we issued our 2,000th ABCTE certification to Heather Herd of Branson, Missouri who received her certification in math. A former controller,... (Read More)
Just this morning I had an excellent experience using an exciting interactive site called Class Tools which allows you to create games, activities, and diagrams in Flash (without knowing a thing about Flash!).While covering an eighth grade social stu... (Read More)
As a student worker and leader, I have come to realize that many of the faculty and staff at my community college seem to operate as if making work easier for themselves will lead to a better learning environment for...... (Read More)
Summarizing is an essential skill for learning, but too often in school we simply ask students to "guess" what the teacher (or author) thinks is important. An essential part of a summary is that it needs to be expressed to...... (Read More)
So this past weekend police at Colby-Sawyer arrested 105 kids, 91 of whom were students, for drinking at a party. First of all these kids were stupid for drinking and partying at a house 200 yards away from the police station, but even UNH cops don't... (Read More)
Thanksgivingws1a It's so much fun for me to see teachers creating their own interactive lessons for the SMART Board and sharing them with other educators.... (Read More)
I was pleased to find that I was featured this week in the Carnival of Education. Along with my submission there were some other great submissions that I would encourage you all to read on many numerous topics.Sincerely,Dr. Christopher Lewis... (Read More)
Get the latest BBC Education news: headlines, comment and debate on topical education issues across the UK plus England secondary school league tables.... (Read More)
Anne Smith’s English Literature class recently discussed Act III of Hamlet with Debi Ohayon’s AP class. Not that unusual, perhaps, except that Anne’s class is here at Arapahoe in Centennial, Colorado, and Debi’s class is at The Lovett School in Atlan... (Read More)
BoardBuzz readers have seen a lot of changes in tobacco use prevention this year — the Food and Drug Administration was finally granted oversight of the tobacco industry, and a report released in October from the Institute of Medicine underscor... (Read More)
This blog will be used to explore, exchange, and create ideas around 21st century collaborative learning and the environments and tools that make this learning possible--with the big goal of helping teachers and those who prepare teachers redesign te... (Read More)
This site is dedicated to learning and learners, readers and writers, teaching and teachers. Angela Maiers on 21st Century literacy -- including digital literacy. But remember, it's not about the tech - it's about the talk.... (Read More)
One of my favorite bloggers, Mr. Accountable Talk, is a tad cynical over the decision of UFT President Michael Mulgrew to seek authority to declare an impasse. After all, PERB has screwed us before, and more or less nailed us to the wall in 2005. S... (Read More)
How does inefficient document management hurt your business? Access this white paper to uncover the hidden costs of office document-handling, learn 5 proven steps to an effective document process optimization plan, and more. You'll get expert advice ... (Read More)
Through the lens of social science, eduwonkette takes a serious, if sometimes irreverent, look at some of the most contentious education policy debates. (Find eduwonkette's complete archives prior to Jan. 6, 2008 here.)... (Read More)
My presentation at EduCon 2.1 helped me conceptualize some of my thoughts and research efforts on assessment in the 21st-century classroom. My interest in assessment emerged out of my research on blogging communities and adolescent literacy. The stud... (Read More)
I admit there is something magical about living on a college campus and about the prospect of being totally immersed in affairs of the mind. Though something of a fantasy these days when some U.S. campuses are known as much for beer kegs and frat par... (Read More)
Hello Readers!If you are as excited about the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL) as I am, please submit one or more of your articles for the "Second Annual McGraw-Hill and Magna Publications Award for Scholarly Work on Teaching and Learning"... (Read More)
The home page of the U.S. Department of Education offers easy access to the latest news and a wide range of Department publications, policy and funding opportunities.... (Read More)
Recently, we've presented a few of our demos from Thinkwell's Physics with Prof. Ephraim Fischbach. Now we're going to change gears and get you acquainted with some of our samples from Thinkwell's Chemistry. As with Physics, you'll find these Chemist... (Read More)
How would you define a moment?
I love how this video takes absolutely random visuals and makes a story out of them… a story about the value of time, or at least single moments in time. This video changes my breathing pattern, it alters my thoug... (Read More)
If a picture is indeed worth a thousand words, then a good picture book is practically priceless! Here you'll find frequently updated picture book resources, with teaching suggestions and activities you can use in your classroom tomorrow.... (Read More)
Designed specifically for professionals in K-12 education, ASCD SmartBrief is a FREE daily e-mail newsletter. It provides the latest education news and information you need to stay on top of issues that are important to you. Click here to ... (Read More)
Cross-posted to the Storychasers blog.
This week Oklahoma educators participated in our 29th “Celebrate Oklahoma Voices” workshop since 2008, and created some fantastic digital stories about the history, geography, and people of our great... (Read More)
Observations, comments, and news ( mostly) about education and tutoring, with a particular emphasis on the Supplemental Education Services (SES) free tutoring program.... (Read More)
Loving listening to the Spark podcast out of Canada. It is hosted by the mellifluous Nora Young, and she makes it engaging and inclusive. The website describes it as a "blog, radio show, podcast and an ongoing conversation about technology and cultur... (Read More)
This week, I’m writing a few more letters to different people, whose names shall be removed from the post, but who nonetheless are amalgamations of real characters. I won’t be mincing words this week, and in these letters, I hope to address some ... (Read More)
I wanted to gather some information from our grade 6-12 students to help me better support them in their use of technology both at school and at home. I sent the 1500 middle and high school students the survey as a Google Form in their Google Apps em... (Read More)
Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve. - Tom Landry
... it ought to be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain i... (Read More)