Since Arne Duncan took over as Secretary of Education~ his YouTube channelhas uploaded more than 450 videos and counting (currently 462)~ which...
Ask practitioners and administrations on the ground in the education system about state education agencies (SEAs), and you may encounter skepticism....
Banning Dodge Ball?A New Hampshire school district has banned the game many of us grew up playing and probably supervised during recess as adults....
In the News-Gustave Whitehead is being credited as having the FIRST successful powered flight in history(Bridgeport~ CT~ on August 14~ 1901)~ two...
In a previous blog~ I addressed the question over whether advanced learners should take part in acceleration or enrichment. In summary~ while I am a...
When a very rough beta version of what industry insiders are calling the "paper phone" emerged last year, people began to wonder exactly how this...
Well~ I lied. Spring did not visit us this week. Once again~ my garden unit has been put off for another week. Four nights of 30 to 50 degree weather...
Recently~ I gave a talk to some students at the University of South Florida regarding methods for working with gifted children.They posed an...
After a brief period of inactivity, NASA's Curiosity rover is back at work on the surface of Mars.
The little robot suffered a memory failure and...
Have you ever planted a vegetable garden with your class? A garden can be costly~ but there are some great grants offered by our local agriculture...
Note: This blog is the second in a two-part series.In a previous blog~ I outlined how I get elementary students to research by developing questions~...
Actor and self-described "warlock" Charlie Sheen has taken to using the micro-blogging service Twitter to encourage his fans to exact revenge for...
What's on YOUR teacher desk?" If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind~ of what~then~ is an empty desk a sign?" Albert EinsteinIf someone...
This has been a strange year for teaching holidays. Either time got away and there were other things more important than teaching/celebrating a...
A new study that tracks the long-term effects of bullying suggests that intervention efforts are well worth attention and investment. While some...
Note: This blog is the first in a two part series.One of the hardest things to teach~ in my opinion~ is how to get students to research.As a teacher...
Sorry we're a little late~ but it was just that hard to choose between our two fabulous finalists! It was fantastic to see how educators showcased...
I know of an 11-year-old~ who wants nothing more than to get on his computer and play Minecraft. He enters this virtual world~ where he can build...
A Place at the Table, released March 1, 2013, is a documentary that continues where the film Food Inc. left off. Directed by filmmakers Lori...
We all know of school improvement initiatives that failed when they should have succeeded. Technology initiatives~ new evaluation systems~ even...