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What Slumdog Teaches Us About Education

Dennis Van Roekel | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Intelligence, Education, No Child Left Behind, Standardized Testing, Measuring Intellegence, Teaching, Slumdog Millionaire, Slumdog Millionaire Kids, Politics News
Dennis Van Roekel

Many students from poor backgrounds -- like Jamal from Slumdog Millionaire -- fare poorly on standardized tests, but that doesn't mean they aren't intelligent.

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Teacher Accountability and Autonomy

Robert Rose | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Justice, Responsibility, Autonomy, Freedom, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Quality, Education, Teachers, Teaching, Politics News
Robert Rose

Accountability is only fair and possible when teachers have the freedom, the autonomy, to use all the tools at their disposal in the manner the best serves them and their students

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Children in Pain

Robert Rose | Posted 03.19.2009 | Living

Read More: School Discipline, Class Management, Education Reform, Children in Pain, Education Policy, Education, Add, Children, Teaching, Living News
Robert Rose

No teacher would be insensitive to a child who was in obvious physical pain. Unfortunately, the same student in emotional pain does not get the same sympathetic or empathetic response.

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Teacher as an Observer

Robert Rose | Posted 03.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Sensitivity, Teacher Observing, Childrens' Needs, Education, Public Schools, Children, Kids, Teachers, Schools, Teaching, Learning, Living News
Robert Rose

Many teachers are terrified of deviating from their lesson plans because they are unable to defend what their intuition and experience tells them to do.

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Don't Bailout on Seeking Passion in Your Career

Rick Smith | Posted 03.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Career Advice, Jobs, Careers, US News & World Report, Teachers, Teaching, Advertising, Business News
Rick Smith

There are two primary factors that define passion in a work environment: Cause and Challenge.

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I Want to Get Rid of Tony

Dennis Danziger | Posted 03.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, Arne Duncan Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, Chicago Public Schools, Children, Kids, Chicago, High School, Teachers, Teaching, Los Angeles, Students, Learning, Teenagers, Living News
Dennis Danziger

Every day between 12:36 and 1:31, Tony's behavior ties up a good chunk of my class. There's his late entrance. His refusal to sit in his assigned seat. His refusal to read quietly.

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Ending the Pornography of Creationism: Part Deux

Bill Allen | Posted 03.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Graduate School, Education, Intellignet Design, University Degree, Creation Science Museum, Creation Science, Creationism, College Students, College, Teachers, Teaching, Learning, Business News
Bill Allen

The "Creation Science Museum" attracted over 500,00 visitors in a bit more than a year. Talk about pent-up demand and a golden opportunity staring me right in the face!

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Standardized Testing Alternative

Robert Rose | Posted 03.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: College Students, Education, Textbooks, Standardized Testing, Teachers, Parenting, Education Reform, Schools, Teaching, Students, Learning, Parents, Politics News
Robert Rose

No student, class, teacher, school, or district should be evaluated on the basis on any one test, especially one with the unreliability of so-called Standardized Tests.

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Join the National Teach-in on Global Warming, Feb 4-5!

Mary Ellen Harte and John Harte | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Global Warming, The Internet, Al Gore Global Warming, Environmental Crisis, Congress, Carbon Emissions, Youtube, Al Gore, Teaching, Barack Obama, Green News
Mary Ellen Harte and John Harte

Get a group of people together, find a room, and let the National Teach-in know that you want to talk to your congressional representatives about their plans for dealing with carbon emissions.

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Science is Back in the House

Bill Allen | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Education, Arne Duncan, TIMMS Report, President Obama, Inaugural Address, Competitiveness, Secretary of Education, Teacher Education, Anti-Intellectualism, Science, Anti-Science, Mathematics, Barack Obama Inaugural Address, Science Education, Barack Obama, Taiwan, Yemen, England, Netherlands, Hong Kong, Borat, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Education Reform, Schools, Japan, Teaching, Learning, Politics News
Bill Allen

A worldwide study of education in science and math contains a mixed report card for the U.S. The good news: We did manage to beat Yemen soundly.

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The Giving Garden

Bridget Mason and Kayomi Wada | Posted 02.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Helping the Needy, Children, Sustainable Food, Economy, Sustainable Agriculture, Community, Obama Service, Mlk, Mlk Day Service Day, Call to Service, Obama Call to Service, Giving Back to the Community, University of Washington Tacoma, Obama Canvassing, Farms, Volunteering, Kids, Service, Giving Back, Vegetables, Financial Crisis, Community Organizing, Poor, Gardening, Teaching, Learning, Volunteering for Obama, Farming, Community Service, Low-Income, Economic Crisis, War, Martin Luther King Jr., Science, Washington State, Barack Obama, MLK Day of Service, Harvesting, Helping the Poor, Tacoma, Organic Food, Martin Luther King, Fruit, Homelessness, Environment, Food, Sustainability, Mlk Day Community Service, Japanese, Donations, Gardens, Canvassing, Living News
Bridget Mason and Kayomi Wada

Judging by the almost 80 volunteers who came out to build a garden in Downtown Tacoma, I would have to say there are a lot of Americans out there just waiting for an opportunity to give back!

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Top 11 Books for Brain Health

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 02.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Brain Trust Program, Norman Doidge, Judith Beck, Thanks, Executive Brain, Brain Science, Perception, Brain 101, User Guide to the Brain, Train Your Brain, Brain Fitness, The Executive Brain, Brain, Frontal Lobes, John Medina, Learning, Teaching, Gratitude, Spark, Brain Rules, Elkhonon Goldberg, Robert Emmons, Positive Psychology, Beck Diet Solution, Larry MccCleary, Cognitive, Brain Fitness Books, Attention, Sharon Begley, Health, Exercise, Beck Diet, James Zull, Books, John Ratey, Cognitive Health, Living News
Alvaro Fernandez

We've compiled the 10 Most Popular Brain Fitness & Cognitive Health Books, based on book purchases by SharpBrains' readers during 2008.

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Wanted: More Science And Math Teachers In The US

Yahoo! News | Stacy Teicher Khadaroo | Posted 01.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Math Teachers, US Education, Education, Teachers, Teaching, The Giving Life, Living News

Jeremy Kennefick and Geoffrey Gailey are both new science teachers, one a career-changer, the other fresh out of graduate school. Both are teaching in...

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A Marshall Plan for Education to Restore America's Prestige in the World

Stephen Shames | Posted 01.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Educational Opportunities, Education, Marshall Plan, Harry Truman, Africa, Education Reform, Schools, Teaching, Politics News
Stephen Shames

The financial crisis has taught us that in today's global economy, America's fortunes are inseparable from Main Streets of other countries. Today's flat world will rise or fall as one.

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Empowering Middle & High School Students

Robert Rose | Posted 01.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Education Reform, Education Policy, Public Schools, Kids, Schools, Teachers, Teaching, Students, Living News
Robert Rose

It is important to motivate teachers whose classes are challenged to think about what it is that they do that turn kids off. The kids can't be held totally accountable.

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Our Union: Fostering Reform To Improve Schools

Randi Weingarten | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Education, Randi Weingarten, Aft, Schools, Teachers, Teaching, Students, Politics News
Randi Weingarten

Good teachers usually have good ideas about what it takes to better their schools, help other teachers, or improve education across their communities. But turning those good ideas into reality isn't easy.

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Class Action: A Crash Course On Public Education

Good Magazine | Posted 10.11.2008 | Living

Read More: GOOD Magazine, Public Education, Teaching, Living News

Why are more public school educators than ever before leaving the field after only a few years in the classroom? Seven teachers take us to school. An...

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Convene, Connect, Transform: Teachers on Roll to Transform Schools

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 07.15.2008 | Business

Read More: NETS.T, Education Software, Brainpop, Education, Technology in Education, Knezek, Necc, Teachers, Teaching, Google, Business News
Esther Wojcicki

Anyone in San Antonio, Texas last week would have thought that American education had entered a new digital age.

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How to Help College Students Do Better

Rob Stafford | Posted 07.10.2008 | Living

Read More: Goals in Action, Dr. Daniel Singley, Teaching, Education, College Students, College, Ucsd, Sdsu, Living News
Rob Stafford

give students the (simple, practical, common sense) tools that their successful peers learned from their parents or their friends years before, sit back, and watch them suddenly start to gain ground.

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