by Olga LaPlante This is an interesting talk by Bill Gates. Of course, his main point we need to spend money on education, and disallow s...

 "You really need to look at the range of issues, because if a 5-year-old can’t sit still, it is unlikely that they can do well in a k...

Education Week:  Panel Finds Few Learning Gains from Testing Movement

Sun Journal: 10 Years after Laptops Come to Maine Schools, Educators Say Technology Levels Playing Field for Students

 by Olga LaPlante Right now, school budgets all around the state, if not the country, are being considered, discussed, laid out, revisited...

 by Olga LaPlante I am a dy/dan blog reader, and recently there has been a post about bloggers – especially the successful ones – who unkn...

by Olga LaPlante I am a convert. Last summer, I took a class (for my teacher certification renewal) in addressing the needs of exceptional...

It's been a very long time since I've posted to this blog, but now it's time to return. I've joined an online learning commu...

Do you want to be part of it? To learn more visit this site: http://www.chemistry2011.org/

 by Olga LaPlante Well, this is not an earth-shattering statement, although in the view of the current education policies and trends it mi...

by Ed Latham In all professional sports, teamwork is vital to a successful year. Each team has an owner and a head coach. Most have an off...

This is the link and a lot of these resources may be accessible to lots of Mac users and even web-based apps users. ELA: Complex text and s...

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