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There's a lot to think about over at Dennis Fermoyle's From the Trenches of Public Ed. He actually has a total of 14 well thought out beliefs about public schools. Take some time and read all of them. I am sharing my three favorites here. 3. I believe
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Sometimes kids get bored enough to come up with their own form of entertainment. After playing his own tee ball game, my four year old grandson didn't find his older brother's game very exciting, so he came up with an activity of his own. He crumbled
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Why so some people consider private schools and charter schools notches above public schools? I have personally known teachers who moved from one setting to the other, so I don't think it's the teachers. When parents support a school and its teachers,
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For some strange reason, I am always cynical about surveys. It seems like people spout off information, and use it to support their own causes. What really happens with the accumulated data anyway? For a few years we were able to evaluate our schools
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Texas has had its share of headaches when it comes to testing. Does anyone else remember the TECAT? That was a test that every Texas teacher had to take to keep on trucking. It was an absurd, expensive ordeal where teachers were treated like cattle because
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Schools across the nation are experimenting with longer school days . On average, U.S. students are spending 6.5 hours of their day inside a school building. Some educators are thinking that if they have the students longer, they can accomplish more.
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A video on the growing dilemma of how to successfully educate middle schoolers discusses doing away with middle schools altogether. One possibility is to keep students in elementary school through the 8th grade. Another choice is to house 6th through
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With plans to start the Utah voucher program this fall, it will be interesting to see how many worm their way into court to put a lid on making vouchers available for all public school students. Payout for the first year is estimated to be $9.3 for about
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In an effort to help teachers facing problems with low performing students, the state of Rhode Island has placed step by step lesson plans on a Web site available to teachers and everyone else. The article on boston.com also explains that using the plans
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There are so many teachable moments for preschoolers that Teach For America is launching an early childhood pilot program. Founded in 1990 by then-college student Wendy Kopp, the New York City-based TFA has prepared 17,000 teachers through a program that
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My mother always used to say, "Open the jar, and the worms will come out." This seemed to apply to almost any controversial situation. Bloggers are having a field day with a "jar opening" decision about school vouchers. On cnn.com we learn that Utah lawmakers
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See the video posted on dallasnews.com showing a group headed to Austin to participate in a rally for vouchers. Several private school parents said they need public funding so they don't have to skimp on other things to cover education costs. Public school
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Eighth and tenth grade students in six Montgomery schools might have the opportunity to be in cutting edge classes for sex education . On washingtonpost.com an article called "Schools Picked to Pilot Sex-Ed Lessons", we get the latest about the ongoing
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The U.S. Department of Education threatened yesterday to take " enforcement action" against Virginia if any school districts defy a federal mandate to give reading tests to thousands of immigrant students. An update to this story on washingtonpost.com
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Most of us think of private schools when we think of students being separated by sex. Our thinking might change in the future. On cnn.com we learn that schools in Milwaukee, New York City, Chicago, Dallas, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. are giving same
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