Practice Assessments for Common Core: Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts
Analyze your student’s response to both fiction and non-fiction tests. These practice assessments will prepare them for standardized tests.
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Two Warm-up Games for the Common Core English Classroom
Are you in the process of adapting your English lesson plans and teaching methods to meet Common Core standards? Here’s some warm-up games for …
Continue ReadingHelp Your Child Prepare for Computerized Standardized Testing
Along with changes in education, there are also changes in the testing process. Students in many states who were used to taking tests with paper and …
Continue ReadingTheory of Multiple Intelligences: "Smart" Isn't So Easily Defined
Looking at the way students were tested and intelligence was measured, Howard Gardner saw the system was flawed. While it worked to quantify and …
Continue ReadingApply These 3 Techniques To Attain Positive Classroom Leadership
The American Psychological Association cites classroom management as the most sought after subject for teacher professional development. This article, …
Continue ReadingProfessional Development for Teachers: Reflect on Your Teaching Practices to Begin
While “professional development” may conjure up images of excruciatingly long lectures and seminars, this article provides other avenues for you to …
Continue ReadingTransforming Your Classroom into a Positive, Caring Environment
This article will explore practical strategies for you to implement inside the four walls of your classroom to make your space a caring place where …
Continue ReadingTeaching Kids Math Through Sports: Football Scores, Stats and More
Kids don’t always love school, but they do love sports. To hook them on studying, you need the right bait. Tying sports to schoolwork may get …
Continue ReadingHow Teachers Can Provide Resources and Support to Pregnant Students and Their Partners
As a teacher, you are faced with many challenges, but you may feel unprepared and even unqualified to offer assistance to a pregnant student. Learn …
Continue ReadingWhat Is Best Buddies International and How Can My School Get Involved?
Best Buddies International is a nonprofit organization devoted to creating friendship opportunities between people with intellectual and developmental …
Continue ReadingThe Flipped Classroom in Action: Discover the Success of Clintondale High School
One Detroit-area high school ranking as one of the state’s lowest scoring schools found a way to increase grades and graduation rates while …
Continue ReadingThe History of the Khan Academy and How It Is Using eLearning to Transform the Future of Education
Learn how one man finding a way to help tutor his cousin from a remote location became a revolutionary approach to education.
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