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A REAL Paradigm Shift in Education
I envy Thomas Paine’s way with language. I’ve been searching for years for words that ...
From “Deficits” to “Neurodiversity” — the Time is Now
In a recent commentary piece at Education Week, author, speaker and educator ...
Social Emotional Learning Core Competencies
Seeing the forest despite the trees. Our nation’s educational focus continues to ...
Reframing Education: A Call to Action
I recently attended the Leadership Institute for Legislative Advocacy (LILA) conference organized ...
The Effective Teacher
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Staging the Lesson – Thrust Presentation
Share it now!The Thrust presentation in the theater is one which marks a more modern interpretation of dramatic presentation of productions. One of the more difficult challenges that performers, as well as teachers, face are maintaining active audience engagement throughout the entirety of the production. Along with this dealing effectively with any disruption, or hecklers, [...]
Leadership Qualities Teachers Want in a Principal
Share it now!Every year in the United States, an estimated 500,000 teachers leave their schools, with only 16% of the departures the result of retirement. The bulk of teachers leave for a variety of other reasons, including whether or not they perceive their school’s leadership to be effective. Without strong leadership, it is much easier [...]
Matt Damon’s Save Our Schools Speech
Share it now!Below is the speech Matt Damon gave at the Save Our Schools March on July 30, 2012 in Washington, DC. I had incredible teachers. And as I look at my life today, the things I value most about myself — my imagination, my love of acting, my passion for writing, my love of [...]
At the Intersection of Youth and the Future
Share it now!Painting a picture that was both harrowing and hopeful, Van Jones titillated the gathering of educators on the final morning of ASCD’s 2013 Annual Conference with both the peril and promise of tomorrow. In short, despite the copious challenges we find ourselves in today, we can look to the generation currently in our [...]
Staging the Lesson: Proscenium Presentation
Share it now! The original and perhaps first presentation of dramatic works, barring the storytelling around the communal campfire, is the proscenium presentation. It is perhaps the best known and most widely recognized theatrical staging of any dramatic work. This staging is familiar as it resembles a box or television screen. In fact, many theorists [...]
Teddy Bears Can Be Action Figures
Marquin Parks shares the story of learning that a former student has decided to follow in his footsteps and become a teacher.
The Improving Landscape of Online Universities
Share it now!Among the millions of pieces of spam e-mail that clutter our inboxes, there are always some from online universities. They promise the degree of our dreams for a fraction of the cost of brick-and-mortar schools, and often in half the time. Thus, the stock of online universities – both the legitimate ones and [...]
A Look at the College Admissions Gap Among Foster Kids
Share it now!It is little or no surprise that foster kids have a harder go at becoming ingratiated into society than kids living with both biological parents. Some of the difficulties involved stem from the inherent uncertainty as to the child’s place. Do I belong here? Why can’t my “real” parents take care of me? [...]
What Schools Are Best for Learning Animation?
Share it now!Students looking for a high-quality college education in an animation field may be frustrated by an online search where many results merely list referral links to programs hosted online. While there’s nothing wrong a non-traditional education, limiting the lists to Internet programs doesn’t give an honest depiction of what degrees employers are looking [...]
Pulling the 10 of Hearts
Share it now!There was Mr. White in middle school. He taught a Social Studies class that had an extra spoonful of African and African American experiences and influences on the world. A lot of his talking points and teachings were in line with many of the events and ideologies that my own father talked about [...]
The Evolution of Orthopedic Technology
Share it now!The medical field is always changing and growing– trying to perfect treatments and create the best experience for patients. Today, there are simple procedures for conditions which could have been the end of someone years before. Like other focuses in medicine, orthopedics has changed a great deal over the years and has become [...]
Marketing Techniques for the 21 Century
Share it now!If you’re thinking about marketing a new software product in a way that takes advantage of the latest tools and techniques, including social media, the choice of a service provider is one of your biggest decisions. This one is too important to make and random or leave to chance. The starting point for [...]
Top 5 Dirty Jobs That Pay Well
Share it now!It is a dirty job but somebody’s got to do it. According to a recent report on Salary.com, the people who do some of the dirtiest jobs in the country actually collect a nice pay check to do the dirtiest work. They provided a list of the top dirty jobs that collect a [...]
What Are Biological Blood Products?
Share it now!Everyone is familiar to some degree with blood, the liquid in our bodies that carries oxygen, removes waste, and is an important part of our immune system. It is collected by blood collection centers, in mobile blood collection facilities in the parking lot of churches and malls. Blood is everywhere: In vampire movies, [...]
Top 5 Free Educational Games
Share it now!In today’s computer oriented world, games can be educational and fun. Educational games and educational game sites abound on the internet today. Most of those sites are promoting games that make learning fun. We took the top 10 free adult/young adult educational games to several Seattle retirement homes and asked the residents what [...]
What do the Budget Cuts Across America Mean for Your Kids?
Share it now!With well over 60% of Americans supporting spending cuts at a federal level and budget cuts becoming one of the key issues in the Presidential election, it stands to reason that fiscal responsibility will be a top priority, regardless of who is elected in November. If Obama wins, there will be massive pressure [...]
Race and the Missing Ed Reform Agenda
When we talk about education reform and fail to mention race, we leave the opportunity to face a central piece of the racial achievement gap at the door. And that is not putting students first.
Language Rights of Deaf Children: Working within a Budget
Share it now!It is hard to imagine that a person’s rights are only granted when there is money to pay for them. Seriously, how would it go if people were given the freedom of religion only if there happened to be enough money to build the churches and pay for the preachers? When times are [...]
Quick Rant: Early Childhood, Poverty, and PBS
Share it now!Let’s just be clear for a second: Millions of children living below the poverty line have NO access to quality early childcare to nurture their minds. They enter school already well behind their more affluent peers. That deficit is minimized (not solved, just lessened) by the quality programming on PBS, the flagship of [...]
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