I have been receiving some positive comments about the ADD/ADHD strategies posted earlier this month in my blog.  Thank you to all!  As we are starting to plan again for a new school year, it seemed like a good time to add a few more strategies to this list.  If you have any others to add, please reply to this blog ...

Last week on PBS, Charlie Rose had as his guests four outstanding Teachers of the Year from 2008 and recent years.  How motivated and MOTIVATING they all were! Hopefully, many of you were able to view the program (later re-broadcast on some local PBS stations).   Three of these teachers were quite young while one was more ...

As I watch my grandsons play baseball, I hear parents and coaches yell, "Baseball ready!" to the players.  This might be an old expression, but I don't remember hearing it before.  Some of the boys really respond and jump into their fielding positions ready for action.  Others pretty much ignore the spectators and do their ...

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...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 ...

DISD has been rating teachers with something called a CEI (Classroom Effectiveness Index) for a decade and are thinking about using this index to determine how to distribute $22 million worth of employee bonus money.  How original.  There are a lot of people that seem to be confused about how a teacher's CEI is determined, ...

If a student is determined to cheat, it's pretty hard to nip it in the bud.  Sure, teachers are able to prevent some cheating.  Walking around and closely observing students helps.  I've always wondered if the students that go all out to cheat learn something in spite of themselves.  When I was in school, students wrote things ...

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 ...