By Pam Kenney Sean* is ten and a gifted child. He reads voraciously, thinks way outside the box, and is on a personal quest to understand th...

By Ed Latham My natural biorhythm has been complaining much in the last few days as I am still adjusting to our seasonal changing of the clo...

by Ed Latham Checking my mail this morning, I received a chat from a student. The student was having difficulty (in a game of course) and di...

by Cheryl Oakes There are 3 things that I am going to actively do after reflecting on the ACTEM Keynote from Vicki Davis and Angela Maiers....

Sabrina Stevens Shupe Blog H uffington Post: The Ultimate Measure of a Teacher?

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Twenty years ago, Kenneth Goodman penned "A Declaration of Professional Conscience for Teachers" .  It is interesting to juxta...

Diane Ravitch and Deborah Meier: Bridging Differences on Education Week

Diane Ravitch at Bridging Differences: "Merit Pay Fails Another Test " Fox News: "Study: Merit pay for teachers doesn't...

I am so weary of all the never-ending bashing and trashing of teachers by politicians, corporations, and foundations and the news media.  In...

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 by Olga LaPlante Having taken the Addressing the Needs of Exceptional Students in a Regular Classroom course this summer - which was grea...

 By Olga LaPlante There is never a shortage of accounts of how limited things are. While this may be disheartening or simply annoying, lit...

Maine Voices: Maine should think twice about adopting national educational testing The public has only until Friday to comment to the state ...

by Bob Keteyian Too often, we try to solve behavior problems our kids are having without actively collaborating with the kids. We tell them ...

Alan Sitomer talks PBL (Project Based Learning) in the classroom Alan Sitomer's 8 Tips for Teachers Free Webinar with Alan Sitomer ...

"No surprise, then, that the truth of what happens in laptop-rich schools is far more shades of gray than black or white." ~ Larry...

by Olga LaPlante Some common sense observations were noted during the round table discussion. Common sense doesn't discount the value ...

by Dissonant Hermit Today there is much talk, especially in schools, about how can we trust the tons of information that exists in socie...

Three places to double-check facts and sources: http://www.snopes.com/ http://www.factcheck.org/ http://www.politifact.com/ And a plac...