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I first learned about Albert Cullum through an enthusiastic teacher, Cindy Frady. Cindy guided fifth grade students as they transformed thei...
Give Charters a Chance
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The Writing on the Wall
I grew up hearing this phrase from the Book of Daniel which foretells the collapse of the Babylonian Empire. Today the writing is about the ...
Grading: Has It Outlived Its Usefulness?
Was it ever useful? Let’s answer that one first. Grading was useful when the school environment was modeled after factories where students w...
Irresistible Change
As a profession, we teachers need to recover from our fear ofchange. We talk about preparing our students for the future, but if we willgive...
A Great Story Is Worth Repeating
Photo Courtesy of Google Images If you teachyou know the story of Jaime Escalante who came to the U.S. from Bolivia lookingfor a better life...
Another Cheating Scandal
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School for the Imaginative
Courtesy of Vittra Liz Dwyerasks, “Is Sweden's Classroom-Free School the Future of Learning?” We can onlyanswer, “Yes, yes, yes!” In Swe...
Report Cards by Country
Courtesy of Google Images The U.S. has been falling behind other nations in educational rankings. The Programme for International Student...
Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation: Daniel Pink Gets It Right
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