For many students, the Internet plays an important role in how they communicate with friends and family. It’s also increasingly being used for a malicious purpose: bullying. Internet bullying, commonly called cyberbullying, is when informational technology is used to subject a child, teen, or *** to harassment, ...

I am a teacher.  Everybody loves me. I became a teacher so I wouldn't have to work that hard and would get ''summers off''.  I always wanted to become a teacher so I could promote my own personal agenda and indoctrinate the students who are trapped in my classroom. I vote democratic and only support candidates that raise taxes.  Once I got a job ...

August 22nd marks the start of the 2012-2013 school year for Albemarle County Schools and after seven excruciating days...It's On.  Can you sense our excitement?  Because we really are excited to finally have the chance to do what we do. Like the great Ric Flair, we can hardly contain our excitement. (How did it take this long for our first Ric ...

Tomorrow is the start of the Innovative Learning Environments Conference in Ohio, and I am so excited.  Last year, I was only able to attend a few days, but this year, I’m in for the whole week. Last year honestly changed my mindset.  I wrote about being open to buying an iPhone (which I did), joining Twitter (which I did), and working diligently ...

Ever given any thought to that question?  Both members of the TU  were fortunate to receive a good education during our youth, I think.  This was not an accident.  It took hard work from parents, educators and even us.     Stepping back to gain a wider view might be helpful since we are all trying to provide the best for our young people.   We ...

Governor Kasich signed SB 316 into law on Monday. Here is the original text of the bill as submitted to Kasich….all 592 pages of it. This beautiful annotation of the Legislative Service Commission’s comparative analysis highlights the most important aspect of the legislation, and this “Fiscal Note & Local Impact Statement” zooms in on the ...

You may have heard about the amendments to SB 316–the delay of the Third Grade Reading Guarantee and the new report card system.  I’m busy reading the actual legislation because as much as I love eye-crossing, long, and laborious legalese, I want to know what it actually says rather than what everyone tells me it says. Consider this your post ...

On Tuesday morning, January 24,  we drove to Richmond to meet with other Virginia wildlife educators, zoo directors, animal rescues, wildlife veterinarians, and small business owners who will all be negatively impacted if Virginia Senate Bill No. 477 and/or House Bill No. 1242 are passed.  We also spent time meeting with senators and house members ...

Do you love seeing a professional, exciting, safe and fun live animal show at your school, library, scout meeting, party, or special event?  Are you in favor of inspiring children to care about wildlife and the environment?  How do you feel about small businesses providing jobs and income for families? RIGHT NOW there is legislation, both passed ...

“It is a great feeling to know that when you get up in the morning and if you do a great job, thousands of little kids are going to have a better opportunty at having  great life.”  ~ Greg Sutton, co-founder of TinyEYE  Online speech therapy gives students equal access to quality services so that [...]