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11 Apr Kentucky Partners with National Group to Engage Teachers

Posted at 01:37h in News

Thursday, April 11th, 2013 Press Contact: Rebecca Wales (703) 835-6118 April 11, 2013 (National) – In an effort to better engage teachers in the implementation of Kentucky’s Professional Growth and Effectiveness System (PGES), theKentucky Department...

10 Apr Op-Ed: No More Excuses—School Food Must Be Good Food

Posted at 17:10h in Education

As a middle-school teacher I’m always amazed at the power of a granola bar. I find that on field trips the fix for a crabby kid is often a bite...

09 Apr Are Schools Just Reacting to Bullying Instead of Preventing It?

Posted at 17:17h in Education

In her book How to Bullyproof your Classroom, Caltha Crowe reminds us “the problem of bullying is actually the challenge of kindness.” When I first read this quote in Caltha’s book,...

05 Apr When Kids Are Afraid to Tell Teachers About Bullying — That Is a Problem

Posted at 17:24h in Education

When I first started teaching, I wasn’t exactly sure how I should respond to tattling. I wanted children to tell me what was going on, but I didn’t want to...

03 Apr We Need Better Principals

Posted at 17:35h in Education

Great leadership is at the helm of any successful endeavor. This is certainly true for education. I pride myself on being a great classroom leader. My students know I run the...

28 Mar Drawing Inspiration from Past Experience

Posted at 17:38h in Education

3/4 x 4/3 = 1. Most ninth graders can solve that immediately. Raven, one of the students I tutored as an undergraduate in Baltimore, could not. She was frustrated and...

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