Strategic Management of Human Resources, an education task force whose goal is to improve student achievement, recently issued a report containing 20 recommendations task force members believe will help state and local education agencies achieve that goal.
The report, like most such reports, garnered support -- and criticism. Read more.
Are You Teaching the Real Story of the First Thanksgiving?
Are you teaching the true Thanksgiving story or is the version you're passing on to your students a blend of fact and myth?
Teacher Feature What We're Grateful For
Nicole Nelson's kindergartners use technology to express appreciation at Thanksgiving.
Wire Side Chat
Okay, Grammar Still Isn't Fun, But Everyone Can Master It
Veteran English teacher Marian Anders wants people to know that when it comes to grammar, making the right choice needn't be an ordeal.
A Parent Engagement Model That Works
Parent "engagement" can offer a superior opportunity for schools to work with families to improve their communities and the academic achievement and futures of their children.
Strategy of the Week Stress Relief
Do you ever find yourself dealing with unmotivated, disrespectful, or unruly students? With large classes, heavy workloads, or unreasonable accountability standards? With job-related stress? What teacher doesn't?
Ken Shore: The ABCs of Bullying Prevention Dealing With Bullying Victims
Your success in counseling bullying victims depends largely on your ability to establish trust in the face of embarrassment and reluctance to talk about what happened.
Ms. Powell's Tips for Organizing Your Classroom Creative Curtains
Create hidden storage by hanging a decorative curtain.
Classroom Management Article of the Week
Creating a Climate for Learning
In Positive Classroom Discipline, Fred Jones states, "The most widespread management technique at home and in the classroom is nag, nag, nag." It's also probably the least effective. Learn how to stop nagging and start teaching.
From Our Classroom Tips Library Classroom Management: Be Kind to Substitutes Behavior Management: School Allowance, Service, Certificates Motivating Kids: Minimize Downtime Book Report Makeover: Describe It! Homework Tips: Participation Guide Best Idea Ever: The Importance of Listening Testing Tips: A Test Tour
Ruth Sidney Charney: The Responsive Classroom Logical Consequences Teach Important Lessons
Logical consequences reinforce the limits of the classroom, the accountability of each individual, and the belief that we can take better care of ourselves, one another, and our environment.
Fred Jones's Tools for Teaching
Follow Through and Pseudo-Compliance
In the body language poker game, teachers fold when they turn a way from a situation before students have folded. Students fold when they abandon pseudo-compliance and get back to work.
Emma McDonald: The New Teacher Advisor Managing Student Talking
It used to be that when students were in the classroom, silence reigned. That changed with the onset of collaborative learning and hands-on learning activities.
Eric Baylin's Songs to Brighten a Teacher's Day The Curriculum Mapping Song
Yes, curriculum mapping can be a little tedious, but it makes good sense...doesnt it? So, if curriculum mapping sometimes gets you down, just sing your mapping woes away.
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THE MATH CORNER
Wendy Petti's Math Cats Enhanced Visual Instructional Plans
A Visual Instructional Plan is a set of step-by-step visual prompts that provide an outline of what a student is expected to do. I'd like to propose an adaptation that also includes a thinking prompt.
Featured Math Article Start Your Engines
Merging his life-long love of racing and a classroom of fourth graders, teacher Tom Stock created a winning learning combination.
Go Figure!
Rearrange the shapes to create a new pattern.
Fair Game Subtraction
Subtraction; odd and even numbers.
Math Mnemonics
How to do long division.
THE SCIENCE LAB
Hot Box
A demonstration of why Venus is hot!
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Discovering the Writers Within
Convince students that writing is worthwhile and that their oral vocabulary and reading experiences give them tools to express themselves. Their skills will grow.
Family History Project Donna Kielty's family history project teaches students who "Americans" are.
Giving Thanks Three things I am most thankful for are...
What I'm Really Good At I'm really good at these three things
Writing Lessons Cinderella and The Rough-Face Girl Compare Cinderella to the native tale The Rough-Face Girl. Working on the Slant Learn about slant by comparing how several newspapers cover a story.
Reading Feature
A Thanksgiving Language Lesson
Students work in groups to create restaurants, menus, and advertisements to attract Thanksgiving Day customers.
Cathy Puett Miller: Mining Foundational Treasures In the Early Grades
Oral language, reading aloud, and language play provide students with a strong foundation for their reading experiences, allowing them to enter the world of reading as active, enthusiastic participants.
Cooks Challenge
Its a battle of culinary creativity when a nursery rhyme character competes in an unusual contest against a famous chef on a popular cooking show. The surprising results stun everyone.
Best Books for Teaching About...
Landforms Reading
More from Our Professional Development Channel
This ten-part series from the Department of Education explores the components of a successful strategy for educating children with ADHD.
Part 8 Organizational and Study Skills Useful for Academic Instruction of Children With ADHD
Many students with ADHD are easily distracted and have difficulty focusing their attention on assigned tasks. However, these practices can help children with ADHD improve their organization of homework and other daily assignments.
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