by George Crawford The second week of school is now over. Once again I am faced with a task that all teachers have had to deal with. Helping...

An excellent resource for Maine Field Trips can be found at the Central Maine Self-learners Homeschool Group . Questions: How could thi...

Mountain Valley Middle School is involved in the Literacy Initiative of the Western Maine Educational Collaborative . Using the materials ...

"The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature." ~ Joseph Campbell ...

Yesterday I was introduced to the world of adult education. I'll be doing some work with Oxford Hills Adult Education under a federal gr...

In 2001 there was a piece of legislation called "An Act to Require Teaching of Maine Native American History and Culture in Maine's...

Nancy Hudak wanted to post a response to the " Time vs Pay " post, but she encountered some problems and asked me to post her resp...

I was helping out in a high school science class last week. The teacher wanted to have a tool that allowed her to post a question to her st...

"How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and to...

"A distinguishing characteristic of our nation — and a great strength — is the development of our institutions within the concept of ...

"Fall seven times, stand up eight." ~Japanese Proverb There are many words for it: perseverance, obstinacy, stick-to-it-iveness,...

Voice recognition might very well come around to be the most effective input mechanism, but at the moment, our ability to type fast and accu...

In many states, there is a concentration on raising the base starting wage for teachers. As a teacher, I love the idea of being paid as a tr...

This is a follow-up to Becky Ranks previous post on Google Reader. Earlier this year I read a quote by Dean Shareski who said, " If ...

Teachers are busy....way too busy...but as a teacher I feel that we need to take the time for reflection and intellectual stimulation. If I...

Basic Handwriting for Kids Teachnology: Handwriting Worksheets Donna Young's Cursive Handwriting Practice Wikipedia on Cursive The Hand...

"For it is in giving that we receive." - St. Francis of Assisi Here are some resources that might be useful for classrooms wanting...

"Torture numbers, and they'll confess to anything" ~Gregg Easterbrook We are close to being overwhelmed with data. What to...

Having physical hands-on manipulatives to work out problems is very helpful. The web gives us a wealth of virtual manipulatives that can ca...

I live beside the Little Androscoggin River in West Paris . The small river is relatively clean. Old-timers tell me it wasn't always tha...