...to GLBTQII teachings in the classroom.  Can students handle it?  Can parents?  What about teachers? Should students be taught from early on, or does this subject take a certain level of maturity? How would one approach such a subject/lesson?  Has anyone taught gender issues in their classroom before, are ...

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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 ...

Five students didn't receive their diplomas because of cheers from the crowd as they walked across the stage in Galesburg, Illinois.  Rules are rules, I guess, but this seems a bit excessive to me.  About a month before the May 27 ceremony, Galesburg High students and their parents had to sign a contract promising to act in dignified ...

I once had a student turn in a beautifully written composition that I knew was not his work.  When I talked to his mother, she told me, ''Of course, I did it.  You know he can't write.''  Parents sometimes feel that they have to help out with projects because other parents are raising the bar.  One of my friends explained to me ...

Some teachers (and probably parents) have had enough of the ''whatev-ah'' response.  Even preschoolers are saying it.  The word sort of stops you in your tracks and makes you think that whatever you are saying must not be important.  It's a catch-all response which can mean many things, commonly ''I don't care'', but ...

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 lawmakers weren't sure that they were educated enough ...

It all started with a survey.  A psychology professor at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, surveyed her students, and the sisters of Delta Zeta were seen as ''socially awkward''.  In an obvious effort to portray a more beautiful image, the Delta Zetas at DePauw University managed to evict 23 sisters and hopefully, ...

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 is voluntary. The materials include more than 70 lesson plans, ...

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 have okayed vouchers for all students currently ...