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It’s hard to believe, in the middle of all the summer picnics, ball games and sweltering heat, that it is only three weeks until school starts again in our part of the country. Grandkids have already been shopping for Back-to-School wardrobes. Book bags and binders are being sold by the droves.
It’s a little confusing to [...]
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I read an extremely interesting article by Joel Gruber this morning on his Authority Blog, http://fearlessdreams.com. He asked the question “Why Are We Not Training Our Children to Be Leaders?” I followed the article through the social networking sites, both because it is a fascinating post (among other things, he explains the Prussian school model, [...]
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In today’s Washington Post.com, the case of a 16 year old Wisconsin student who shot his principal on last Homecoming day is covered. The case, which began Friday, started with the defendant’s lawyer claiming there was no intent to kill, when Eric Hainstock brought a revolver and a shotgun to school. Principal John Klang was [...]
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WOW! Did I say summer is a quiet time for school news? Well, I may have to disagree with myself.
In today’s edition of EducationNews.org, David Kirkpatrick presents some statistics about pre-K schooling that might just start a furor.
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I’ve been catching my breath, taking a pause in my frenzied activities online and offline to get ready for our upcoming book promotion. It is so exciting to think about all the changes coming in the near future. Not the least of which is the heating-up of political campaigns on the right and on the [...]
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As I mentioned in an earlier post, summer is a slow time for educational news. Most of the information is about the political wranglings that go on behind the scenes and where the budget cuts will be placed. Now, before anyone gets into a tizzy, let me clarify that I don’t think throwing money at [...]
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As you probably already know, school issues are quieter during the summer. Most of the action takes place behind the scenes, as politicians argue over school budgets and proposals for the coming year.
In California, once again political squabbling has led to budget cuts that seriously impair the state school system’s ability to get an accurate [...]
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A steamy day in the Deep South is the perfect time to stay indoors and browse the internet. Or, GASP! read a book. It is now two days, and counting, until the final installment of the Harry Potter series reaches the bookstand.
Although news on the school front is kinda slow right now, the internet is [...]
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I am so excited! I did it! I made my first digital movie/video, synched the music to it, and I uploaded it to YouTube, Google videos, Yahoo videos, and TeacherTube!
Ain’t I gettin’ GOOD?
O.K. Now that I’ve been all proud and braggy - I’m going to try to embed the video in this post so you [...]
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There’s an interesting report in EducationNews this morning that really emphasizes everything we’ve been trying to share on this site.
In a story by Joe Smydo of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, we learn that Pittsburgh Public Schools
“will drop “public” from its name and adopt a new, standardized way of referring to its schools as part of [...]
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