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I t's hard to imagine the nation's students profiting from the latest fad in education policy, the new mania for high-stakes testing; but commercial businesses already are. Read the...

I've never been through a period where I fail to blog. However, I have had periods where I think, "I need to come up with something better," or "This is starting to sound too much like...

If you are looking for an educational Linux distribution, you have at least three choices: openSUSE Education is a live and install DVD based on openSUSE 11.2. Edubuntu is the education...

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Don’t get me wrong, I love my Smartboard that is mounted in my classroom. Unfortunately my whiteboard occupies approximately 75% of the dry erase whiteboard board space. Others have...

Vision: A quality science education fosters a population that...applies scientific knowledge and skills to increase economic productivity. 2009 NJ Core Curriculum Content St andards...

Catch Winter Olympics Fever Vancouver, Canada February 12 - 28, 2010 http://www.boardman.k12.oh.us/bdms/golubic/golubic.htm Home Page Olympics Go For The Gold Online Project Catch Winter...

That's right, February is alphabet month! We're going to fall in the love with letters for Valentine's Day! We kicked off the alphabet awesomeness with The Z Was Zapped (Chris Van Allsburg)....

Year after year Newsweek publishes its list of the “best” high schools in America ( like this one ), and newspapers around the nation rush to print and comment on the standings ( like...

We've all heard it either at school, work, on-line.....it's everywhere now. We need to teach our students to be prepared for the 21st century. They need 21st century skills. Ok, I get...

I'm sitting at a team meeting during my first year of teaching. In order to prove that we are "data-driven," (as opposed to say, "student-driven," which would be my preference) we sift...

photo by d3 Dan www.flickr.com Recently, my stepson who is in third grade completed a unit on rounding and estimating that I thought might get the better of his dad, his mom, me, and...

I thought I had been really proactive. I had a flu shot in the fall and followed it with an H1N1 shot as soon as they were available to the general public. For the past couple of weeks,...

You can tell from the increasing array of categories on my blog that I am struggling to pigeon hole my posts here at Scribbler's Den. So, to try and fix this I am creating yet another...

January was a busy month over here, while we worked hard to deliver the features that you need for your science fairs. Today we're excited to announce a new feature called "Teacher...

Many of you requested to see some examples of the maps my kids made after reading Katy and the Big Snow. Well here are a few of them... I hope the photos capture how wonderful they...

Today I subbed for a half-day in Kindergarten. When I got there, I was told that there was a student teacher and today was his first day in charge of the class, so I only had to be...

First off, I want to apologize for the long hiatus. I took a vacation with friends and got away for the weekend, plus two school days! It was much needed and I am very refreshed! I...