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Cafeteria, Issues

• Order in the Cafeteria: Tips for Improving Behavior and Supervision

Calendar, School
(see also Block Scheduling; Scheduling; Sleep)

• The School Calendar: It's Time to Make Time for Learning!
• Is the Four-Day School Week Coming Your Way?
• Alternative School Calendars: Smart Idea or Senseless Experiment?
• Could Four-Day Weeks Work for You?
• Is Year-Round Schooling the Answer?

Career
(see also Certification; Professional Development)

• Teachers Explore Antarctica and the Arctic!
• Catching Up With Our Bodies: Reflections on Teacher Burnout
• Teachers on the Move: Relocation Resources for Educators
• An e-Interview with Betty Castor, President of the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards
• National Board Certification: Is It for You?
• Female, Minority Superintendents Face Double Inequity
• Principals Recommend Best Professional Books
• Want to See the World? Teach Overseas!
• International Teaching: What Is It Really Like? (An Education World e-Interview With Four International Teachers)
• Principal Uses 'Book Talk' to Engage Teachers as Learners
• Paige Announces Five Model Professional Development Programs
• Character(istics) Count! -- What Principals Look for When Hiring New Teachers
• Teachers Urged to Consider Principalship
• Are You Ready for That Job Interview?
• The Interview: Principals Share 30 Favorite Questions for Future Teachers
• Teacher of the Year Aims to Celebrate Teachers, Teaching
• Outstanding Young Educator Connects Learning With Life
• NBPTS: Building Better Teachers
• From Custodian to Principal

Career Education

• Hands-On Career Ed: Groundhog Job Shadow Day
• Career Counseling Resources on the Internet
• A 'Real-Life Fair' Shows Kids the Real Deal About Careers
• Job Shadows Forecast Sunny Careers
• Preparing Kids for Careers
• Career Education: Setting Your Students on the Path to a Valued Vocation
• Career Project

Celebrity Teachers

• Top Teacher Ties History to Current Events
• Professor Joe Martin: The Educator Motivator Archive
• Teacher of the Year Inspires Excellence
• Fitness Champ Teaches by Example
• "Strive To Be A Better You"
• Repaying the Kindness of Strangers
• Teaching Health With Vigor -- At Age 91
• Reporter Turned Teacher Recalls First Tough Years
• Scholarship Allows Teacher to Experience Japan
• The Italian Adventures of an "Average, Every-Day Teacher"
• New Jersey Teacher Has Not Missed Class in 29 Years
• There's a New "Captain" in the Treasure House
• Kathy Schrock: An Educator's Best Friend!
• David Willey: "Mad" Scientist, Stunt Man, and Physics Instructor
• Teacher of the Year Andy Baumgartner: On Education, Accountability, and Sleeping Beauty
• Always a Teacher: An e-Interview With Teacher-Astronaut Barbara Morgan
• Helping Blind Students 'See' the Stars
• Reporter Reflects on Year as a Teacher
• Teacher Crowned Miss America: An Education World e-Interview
• Teacher Earns Top Marks in Sexiest Bachelor Contest
• Iowa Teacher Spends 56 Years in Kindergarten
• Senior Substitute Has No Plans to Retire
• Mr. Lowe -- From the Classroom to the Funny Papers: An e-Interview with Teacher/Cartoonist Mark Pett
• Millionaire Teacher: 'Teaching Is the Best Job on the Planet!'
• Teacher of the Year Aims to Celebrate Teachers, Teaching
• Outstanding Young Educator Connects Learning With Life
• National Teacher Calls for More Teacher-Leaders
• Lead and Learn: Lessons from the Teacher of the Year
• No Retiring from Dedication
• Teacher of the Year Targets Education Inequities
• Author Frank McCourt Reflects on Teaching Career

Certification, Alternate Routes to

• Liberal Arts Grads and Career Changers Finding More Paths Into Public School Teaching
• Project Promise Delivers
• Alternative Routes to Teaching: Do They Get You There in One Piece?
• Teach for America Aims to Level Educational Playing Field
• NYC Program Fast-Tracks Teachers to Needy Schools
• A Son Became a Soldier, and a Dad Became a Teacher
• Teach For America Diaries

Certification, National

• National Board Certification: Tips from Teachers Who Have Done It!
• In Search of National Board Certification -- One Teacher's Perspective
• National Board Certification: Is It for You?
• An e-Interview with Betty Castor, President of the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards

Character Education
(see also Citizenship; Ethics Education)

• Mixing It Up to Make New Friends
• Teaching Teaching Manners in a Manner-less World
• Do Good Manners Contribute to Academic Success?
• Can We Teach Social Conscience?
• Promoting Respect and Service: Two Programs Get A+ for Impact
• Twenty-Five Activities for Building Student Character, School "Community"
• Is Character Education the Answer?
• Three Ways To Make Values Last at Your School
• Youth Frontiers: Changing the Way Young People Treat One Another!
• Books of Character: Eighteen Books for Teaching About Character Across the Grades
• Character Education Getting a Boost
• Folktales of Cooperation for Your K-3 Class
• Singing for Societal Change... Again
• Dr. Ken Shore's Classroom Problem Solver: Preventing School Vandalism
• Manners and Etiquette: Teaching Essential Ingredients for Success
• Five Steps to Teaching Any Character Trait
• Creating School-Wide Anti-Bullying Strategies
• Creating Harbors of Hope Where All Children Can Learn
• A Guide to Doing the Right Thing
• Play Fair and Win
• Ways to Teach Empathy Skills
• Guide Offers Practical Character Education Lessons
• How to Accentuate Respect and Eliminate Disrespect in Students
• Students Clean Up Their Act and "Dare Not To Swear!"
• A Guidebook for Teens
• A Framework for Raising Well-Balanced Children

Charter Schools

• Believe, Achieve, Triumph! Charter School Inspires Students to Reach Higher
• Who Are We Proud To Be? Amistad Academy
• Government Releases Charter School Report
• More and More States Embrace Charter Schools
• Paige Applauds School's Commitment to High Expectations

Cheating
(see also Plagiarism)

• Cheating: How to Prevent It (and How to Handle It When It Happens)
• What Can We Do to Curb Student Cheating?
• Put an End to Plagiarism in Your Classroom
• Uniting Against Cheating

Citizenship
(see also Character Education; Ethics Education)

• Growing Caring Citizens Through Good Works
• Can We Teach Social Conscience?
• Hail to the Chief(s)! Lessons from Presidential Libraries
• Promoting Respect and Service: Two Programs Get A+ for Impact
• Learning and Living the First Amendment
• Teaching Citizenship's Five Themes
• C Is for Citizenship: Using Literature to Teach Citizenship Concepts
• Advice About Middle School Advisories
• Ten Web Sites for Exploring Conflict Resolution in the Classroom
• Conflict Resolution Education: Four Approaches
• The Giraffe Project: Encouraging Kids to 'Stick Their Necks Out' for Others
• Pretzels
• Students Create a Virtual Tour of Their Community
• Building a Working Community in the Classroom: One Teacher's Experience
• Use Editorial Cartoons to Teach About Elections Past and Present
• Students Learn Respect -- Thanks to Good Manners!
• Use Children's Literature to Teach About Elections: Ten Books Get Our Vote!
• "Mister Rogers" Reflects on Respect, Diversity, and the Classroom Neighborhood
• Fourth of July and Freedom Documents
• Morning Sing: School's Weekly Tradition Is Music to the Ears
• Celebrating the U.S. Constitution
• O, Say, Does Your Class Know the National Anthem?
• Programs Connect U.S. Students, Orphans Abroad
• Students Clean Up Their Act and "Dare Not To Swear!"
• A Framework for Raising Well-Balanced Children

Civics
(see Citizenship)

Class Lists

• From the Principal Files: Making Class Lists Needn't Be a Nightmare!

Class Size

• Learning to Cope With Larger Classes
• Are Smaller Classes the Answer?
• Class Size Reduction: Success Stories Noted in New Report
• The Debate Over Class Size Part 1: Class Size Does Matter!
• The Debate Over Class Size Part 2: The Critics Have Their Say
• Money for Class Size Reduction Is on Its Way!

Classroom Management
(see also Classroom Management Resources, Classroom Problem Solver)

• Keeping Your Cool Amid Classroom Chaos
• Machiavelli and Classroom Management
• Token Economies Yield Promising Results
• Quick Ideas for Clean-Up Activities
• Rubrics Help Improve School-Wide Behavior
• Classroom Management: Principals Help Teachers Develop Essential Skills
• Creating a Climate for Learning: Effective Classroom Management Techniques
• TONS of Tips! --- Six Great 'Teacher Tips' Sites on the Web
• Speaking of Classroom Management: An e-Interview with Harry Wong
• Know When to Discipline: An e-Interview with Howard Seeman, Ph.D.
• Classroom Management: Ten Teacher-Tested Tips!
• The King of Classroom Management: An e-Interview With Fred Jones
• Preferred Activity Time (PAT) Is Preferred by Kids and Teachers!
• Do Seating Arrangements and Assignments = Classroom Management?
• Helping Students Find the 'Write' Way to Behave
• Teachers, Start Your Engines: Management Tips from the Pit Crew
• Class Meetings: A Democratic Approach to Classroom Management
• Handling Difficult Students -- Lessons from Mrs. G
• Teaching Students to "Go Fourth" Peacefully
• Pretzels
• The Secret's in the Little Things: Simple Tips for Successful Teachers
• School "Rules"! Ten Activities for Establishing Classroom Rules
• Microphone-Toting Teachers Grab Students' Attention
• When It Comes to Volatile Kids, Pick Your Battles
• Defusing Explosive Children
• I Found My 'Teacher Voice' and Transformed My Classroom
• Author Aims to Help Children Manage Anger
• Civility Policies Surfacing in Schools
• A "Nuts and Bolts" Approach to Classroom Successes
• Restorative Practices Build Community, Responsibility
• Teaching Self-Control: A Curriculum for Responsible Behavior
• Evaluating In-School Suspension Programs
• Signaling an End to Classroom, Cafeteria Chatter
• In-School Suspension: A Learning Tool.
• Dr. Fred Jones's Tools for Teaching Meaning Business: Part 1 Calm is Strength, Upset is Weakness
• Dr. Fred Jones's Tools for Teaching: Escaping the Paper Grading Trap
• Planning for a Substitute Was Never This Easy
• Latecomers: Tips for Handling the Disruption of Students Who Come Into Class Late
• Dr. Fred Jones's Tools for Teaching: Weaning the Helpless Handraisers, Part 2: Teaching To The Visual Modality
• Taming the Three T's
• Dr. Fred Jones's Tools for Teaching: Weaning the Helpless Handraisers, Part 1: Reinforcing Helplessness
• Dr. Fred Jones's Tools for Teaching: Succeeding with Classroom Structure: Rules, Routines, and Standards
• Tattle Tales
• School-Wide Rules Creation
• A Safe and Orderly Environment
• Creating School-Wide Anti-Bullying Strategies
• Creating Harbors of Hope Where All Children Can Learn
• Helping Boys Learn
• "Recovery Rooms" Put Disruptive Students on Road to Recovery
• Students Clean Up Their Act and "Dare Not To Swear!"
• Acting Out Could Be Sign of Stress
• There's One in Every Class

Classroom Problem Solver

• Classroom Problem Solver Archive
  Dr. Ken Shore's weekly column offer advice for handling a wide variety of classroom problems.

Communication

• Principals Share Lessons Learned About Communicating With Parents, Others
• Why I Didn't Call
• Don't Believe Everything You Read
• Systems Let Schools Call More Parents Faster
• Is Your Parent Newsletter the Best It Can Be?
• Put "Punch" Into Your Parent Handbook
• Best Bulletin Boards: Principals Share Favorite Hallway Displays
• Bulletin Boards: Powerful Teaching, Community-Building Tools
• Weekly Folders Deliver News from School to Home
• Dealing With Angry Parents

Community Involvement
(see also Parent Involvement)

• Twenty-Five Ideas for Celebrating American Education Week
• One Book, One School, One Community: a Singular Reading Experience
• Study Circles Help Gather Input, Solve Problems
• Reformers, School Leaders Work Closely to Improve Schools
• Community Scavenger Hunt Teaches Research Skills, Much More
• "Souper Bowl" Connects Kids to Their Communities
• In-School Daycare Benefits Faculty, Community
• Outreach Through the Airwaves: Schools Bring Message Home with Television
• A Community Pitches In to Repair its Schools
• Find Your Benefactor
• School-Community Relations is Great PR And Then Some
• America Goes Back to School!
• Best Face Forward
• A Day With Experience Corps Volunteers
• Calling All Grandparents: Senior Volunteers Transform Schools
• Walking School Bus Paves Way to Healthier Kids
• Schools Recruit, Recognize Contributions of Volunteers
• Visitation Day: Parents "Walk in the Shoes" of Students
• Got Three Hours? A School Needs You
• Community Effort Links In-School, After-School Learning
• Lessons in Service Learning
• Teen Brings Unique Voice to School Board
• Arms Open Wide for "Katrina's Kids"
• A Son Became a Soldier, and a Dad Became a Teacher
• WatchDOGS Unleashed on Schools
• The Greatest Thing About My School Is
• Even Little Makeovers Make a Big Difference

Community Learning Centers

• Community Learning Centers: Keeping School Open After School Lets Out

Community Service
(see Service Learning)

Conflict Resolution
(see also Bullying; Character Education; Citizenship)

• Students Make "Connections" With Small School

Conservation

• Green Green Schools Save the Environment, Money
• Schools Strive for Waste-Free Lunches

Cooking

• Cooking with Joy Archive

Copyright

• Who Said That? How to Cite Electronic Resources
• The Educators Guide to Copyright and Fair Use

Corporal Punishment

• Starr Points: Corporal Punishment: Teaching Violence Through Violence

Counseling
(see also Career Education; Self-Esteem)

• Getting the Most Out of School Counselors
• Advisories Inspire, Motivate Students
• School Counselors Reflective On What Makes Them Effective
• I Wish I Knew Then What I Know Now
• Professional Organizations Can Make a World of Difference!
• Counseling: A School Improvement Tool
• Creating School-Wide Anti-Bullying Strategies
• Creating Harbors of Hope Where All Children Can Learn
• Help Students Rise Above the Clutter
• Remembering, Supporting, "The Forgotten Middle"
• Acting Out Could Be Sign of Stress
• "Recovery Rooms" Put Disruptive Students on Road to Recovery
• A Guidebook for Teens
• A Framework for Raising Well-Balanced Children
• An Insiders Look at Students Lives

Critical Thinking
(see also Study Skills)

• Make Puzzles Part of Your Game Plan!
• Chess Clubs Give Kids New Skills -- and New Hope!
• Use It or Lose It: Puzzles to Exercise the Brain
• Rock or Feather: A Critical-Thinking Activity
• Students Reach for the 'Skylights' of Learning
• Peer Assessment Teaches Students How to Think

Culture, School

• Yearbooks Capture Elementary, Middle School Memories
• Morning Meetings in Middle School: An Elementary Ritual Grows Up
• Improving School Culture
• State Your Mission: Creating Mission Statements that Work
• Yearlong Themes: Principals Use Them to Build Spirit, Achievement
• "Together We Can" Motto Spurs Columbia Elementary's Success
• Rise and Shine with Morning Assembly
• Does Your School's Atmosphere Shout "Welcome!"?
• School-Wide Rules Creation
• Got Motto? -- Twelve Slogans to Help Build School-Wide Community
• Creating School-Wide Anti-Bullying Strategies
• Creating Harbors of Hope Where All Children Can Learn
• Saving Kids from Stress
• Best Bulletin Boards: Principals Share Favorite Hallway Displays
• Bulletin Boards: Powerful Teaching, Community-Building Tools
• The Greatest Thing About My School Is
• Dealing With Angry Parents
• Students Clean Up Their Act and "Dare Not To Swear!"
• Teachers, Parents, Kids Bond Over Books