[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] In my last article I discussed the first steps teachers would benefit taking when in the process of designing a professional development activity. After those two steps, the project will take […]
Posted inInstruction & Curriculum, Literacy, Uncategorized
NAEP's Solution to Flat Reading Scores: "Read for Fun"
The release of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Progress Report for 2012 (“Nation’s Report Card”) provides an overview on the progress made by specific age groups in public and private schools in reading and in mathematics since the early 1970s. The gain in reading scores after spending billions of dollars, countless hours and effort […]
Posted inCharter Schools, Featured, High School, Middle School
Graduation! (Charter School Diaries #25)
Week 6/24 – 6/28 When I think about the process of schooling in America, the ultimate culminating event for any and every student participating in that process is graduation. I can remember just about every graduation I’ve been a part of and as I contemplate reentry in graduate school, I fanaticize about a potential walk […]
Posted inCurrent Events in Education, Featured, From the Front Lines
Reverberations of Injustice: Learning from Trayvon Martin's Death
[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Late one night, a young black teenager walked home from the corner store. He was dressed in the clothes popular to teenagers at the time, and though he missed his mom […]
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The Educator's Room + Whitney Kaulbach Discuss 1:1 iPads for the Classroom
On Friday July 12th, we had a chance to interview Whitney Kaulbach as she discussed her school’s initiative with iPads in the classroom. Whitney discussed her school’s plan and goals with 1:1 iPads in the classroom. Check out the video below and don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel.
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Preparing for a Substitute
[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] It happens. You have to take a day (or more) off from school. Sometimes you can plan ahead, and other times you face unexpected circumstances. In steps a substitute to fulfill […]
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Boot Camp for the Brain: Advanced Placement World History Reading
Never have I been more inspired, exhausted, or revitalized during a professional development than I was at the annual College Board AP World History Reading. Each June, college faculty and teachers from public and private schools gather from around the globe at a central location to grade AP World History exams. Developing standard grading rubrics […]
Posted inConfessions of a Teacher, From the Front Lines, Special Education, Uncategorized
Cyber School Chronicles: Why I Chose a Cyber Charter School to Educate My Children At Home
A few months ago, my husband and I started to seriously discuss homeschooling our youngest child. The one with Selective Mutism. The one that although has struggled since he entered preschool as a three year old, has made incredible progress with his social anxiety. His academic performance is within the normal range, he ended […]