''Reading:The Foundation Children Need to Succeed'' provides some of the best tips on how to build an effective foundation to get kids reading! Find out the best methods of teaching literacy and what they can do to ensure that the most effective, scientific, research-based reading instruction is used in their schools. For your FREE ...

  Check out this brochure for great reading tips! Its full of ways to make the most of that short time with your student. These eleven tips in both English and Spanish will make your time so much more valuable! To order your FREE publication now, go to http://www.edpubs.ed.gov/Product_Detail.aspx!!!    

One of my criticisms of NCLB is that it causes too many schools to focus all of their attention on the bottom 25% of a school’s population while ignoring the middle- and upper-level students. Some of the effects of this focus in my school are: fewer upper-level course choices in order to create more lower-level courses, larger [...]

I’m going to advocate that every teacher create (or have someone else create) a website for every class, especially those of you teaching in middle and high schools. I have one, though I won’t link to it because I like my anonymity, but I will say it has improved my communication with parents and students. [...]

It's never too early to start reading!   Parents, get your children turning pages before kindergarten. Here is a great brochure will help give you tips that will help your child hit the books and start reading! It is designed specifically for children in Preschool and will build reading schools that will prepare them for kindergarten! ...

Last night was my school’s commencement ceremony, and it was truly one of the best I’ve attended. The speakers were excellent, the exchange students honored, the 7 valedictorians presented, and the graduates excited but under control. The kids tossed beach balls around every once in a while, and they cheered for their friends and waved ...

Student-Led conferences seem to be the new buzz phrase in my school. We have a small group creating a proposal (though it sounds less like a proposal and more like a done deal), and their conclusion is to redesign conferences into a model where students present to their parents and a teacher. On paper it [...]

I created this blog because I want to find out from teachers, administrators, and parents their thoughts on implementing a more diversified curriculum for students. The current curriculum, I feel based on my own experiences with the educational system, is extremely limited.  We need to be pro-active with students if we want them to become ...

I often comment that educational solutions cannot solely be a responsibility of the schools. Communities must take the reigns and help solve many of the dilemmas facing education, and the ETS seems to agree with me that poverty may be the largest obstacle to overcome when creating academic success. Here are some of the highlights from [...]

Here is a list of shocking statistics (at least I hope they are shocking) about high school students from the author Betsy Hart: “more than a quarter admitted stealing from a store,” “almost as many [a quarter of the students surveyed] admitted stealing from a relative in the previous year,” “82 percent said they ...