Education Rebel

Troubled Teens Explore Their Artistic Side

2009-12-09T16:13:00Z

Program for juvenile offenders fosters creativity, literacy, and freedom of expression through hip-hop. http://www.educationreporting.com/viewArticleDetails.php?id=849...(read more)

Hip-Hop Helps Teach Everything from English to Algebra

2009-12-09T16:10:00Z

Like many 16-year-olds, Amir Ali spends a lot of time after school talking with friends about sports, girls, and music -- specifically, hip-hop music. But last year, during his sophomore year at Lynwood High School, in Lynwood, California, Ali noticed a drastic shift in these spirited afternoon after-school conversations. http://www.educationreporting.com/viewArticleDetails.php?id=848...(read more)

Students learning math lessons using hip-hop

2009-12-09T16:05:00Z

check out this project based learning ... http://www.educationreporting.com/viewArticleDetails.php?id=847...(read more)

$3.5 Billion in Title I School Improvement Grants

2009-12-08T17:29:00Z

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced the final requirements for $3.5 billion in Title I School Improvement grants to turn around the nation's lowest performing schools. The applications are now available. http://www.educationreporting.com/viewArticleDetails.php?id=841...(read more)

What Makes A Teacher Qualified?

2009-12-08T17:12:00Z

NPR: American schools have been trying for decades to improve teacher quality, with mixed results. Over the next year, we will explore those efforts, and look at the latest crop of teachers entering the profession. http://www.educationreporting.com/viewArticleDetails.php?id=838...(read more)

Mental Imagery Aids Perceptual Learning

2009-12-07T18:49:00Z

Perceptual learning -- learning by repeated exposure to a stimulus -- can occur by mental imagery as much as by the real thing. http://www.educationreporting.com/viewArticleDetails.php?id=839...(read more)

Free Packets: student participation, teacher development

2009-12-04T16:04:00Z

If you want to get some new ideas, without spending any money, then check out two packets for K12 teachers. One focuses on service learning and the other provides strategies to improve student participation. http://www.educationreporting.com/index2.php...(read more)

Bring reality to your classroom and having fun too

2009-08-31T19:45:00Z

I have two gems to share with you today ..... 1. Making math real: "How can four friends share six cookies equally?" http://www.educationreporting.com/viewArticleDetails.php?id=817 2. Five star teacher blog: from toys to tools - how to use cell phones in class. http://www.educationreporting.com/index.php#blogs Jack...(read more)

The invisible key is relevance .......

2009-08-31T00:44:00Z

I'm displaying 15 links below to provide lesson relevance and skill building for K12 teachers... ..... no worries about your political party these days ..... seems everyone has gripes about the Feds "improving education" and what they do ... or don't do ..... been dat way ever since the Dept. of Ed got created. ..... with K12 ed our kids suffer the losses as nothing gets done to produce, enforce, and fund sutainable K12 improvements ..... as more and more double sided rhetoric gets stimulated. ......(read more)

Teaching and innovation - the right mix - with evidence

2009-08-29T15:30:00Z

I'm combing the web to bring you the nuggets that juice up teaching skills to electrify lesson and jolt critical thinkin' opportunities .... .... no worries about your time .... it won't take hours to read thiese and grab some insights. 1. Segway inventor Dean Kamen highlights the flaws in American science education as he discusses how to use innovation in class rooms. Click Here . 2. The strong performance of Cleveland's schools using innovation schools are compared to other public schools citywide....(read more)

Teachers keep workin' while everyone else is ....?

2009-08-29T15:14:00Z

I've done the research - you save the time and reap the rewards. .... the 15+ links below will surely blow some fresh breezes in a few classrooms across this world - no doubt. I've had three of my own major myths revealed to me - so far this year ..... ......one, robots can never replace teachers - I covered this in an earlier issue. ...... two, technology won't shift the shape of K12 classes too, too much. ....... three, no sustainable and equitable effort is .... or will be made..... to educate...(read more)

Teachers: Seven Top Replete Resources & Strategies

2009-07-26T20:53:00Z

Time to begin gearing up for classes and building those dynamo lessons .... You've had a well deserved summer break, ready to start thinking about lesson ideas and learning strategies for this new year? You don't wanna just use what you did last year or even the year before. Hey, we would have never stepped foot on the moon, it ain't no hoax, doing the same ole stuff year after year. Yep, I encouraging you to break outta da box - starting now! http://www.educationreporting.com/index25k.php#Seven...(read more)

Mechanics of experiential education in K12

2009-07-21T18:21:00Z

Today, competent and competitive businesses don’t succeed using ideas or technology from yesterday. K12 schools are no different. The makeup of classrooms varies considerably from the past: students are digital, a growing number express restless behaviors, and class sizes swell as schools struggle with shrinking budgets. Experiential education, as I used it when teaching high school science, is an excellent method to combat lethargic learning behaviors and support students in building critical thinking...(read more)

Innovation - anyone can teach math program - research included

2009-07-16T23:51:00Z

John almost failed first-year Calculus in the university, but his love of math and his belief that everyone has great mathematical potential led him to found JUMP Math as a kitchen-table tutoring group in 1998. Here is the street cred: Dr. Mighton completed a Ph.D. in mathematics at the University of Toronto and was awarded an NSERC fellowship for postdoctoral research in knot and graph theory. He is currently a Fellow of the Fields Institute for Mathematical Research and an Adjunct Professor of...(read more)

Sizzle of service learning: helping students shine and extend their reach

2009-07-15T22:04:00Z

I didn’t wake up one day and say, “I’m going to do a Service Learning (SL) project with students.” The neighborhood of my school is recognized as the poorest area in the state, most students don’t speak English as the primary language at home. Over 80% of students take advantage of the free lunch program and just a small percentage will get to college; even fewer will graduate with a degree. When I first considered sponsoring an after school club to do recycling, I thought a few students might be...(read more)