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Engaging Parents From School To Home

by Paula Kay Glass

The school to home link is very important to me. Many people view today’s education as starting and stopping in the classroom. Learning is an ongoing process and needs to continue from the classroom to home and back again. But parents tell me all the time that they don’t know how to ‘teach’ their children, […]

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Treat Students Like they are Going to College

by Alice Trosclair

All teachers have college degrees. It is no surprise that we want our students to experience higher education as well.  We know the benefits of a college education and want better for them. If I honestly look around my classroom, even my AP classroom, I know statistics tell me that only a third will go to college […]

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Kindergarten Geometry – Oh My!

by Jackie Parrish

Long before the Common Core School Standards (CCSS) were written, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) authored a set of standards for K-12 math. The standards were revised several times and what stands today has many things in common with CCSS. Instead of teaching certain topics in certain grades – like geometry – […]

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Tips for Parents: How to help your high school ELA student succeed in Common Core

by Alice Trosclair

There are major shifts in all curriculum with the new common core standards. Many parents are intimidated by the changes and all doing all they can to help their children succeed. As an ELA teacher, I have a simple and obvious solution to help your high school student read. Seriously. Don’t just hand them a […]

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The Problem in Urban Schools- Stop Teaching to the Test

by Franchesca Warren

“I mean even though I taught all of the standards last semester, but I don’t feel like my kids learned anything!” These were the words one of the teachers who I support as an Instructional Coach said to me  as we sat in her classroom after school discussed all things teaching and learning. This wasn’t […]

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Outdated Practices With Google Docs

by Whitney Kaulbach

It is a relief to find a few digital tools that continuously serve learners despite the accelerated nature of change in technology. Google Docs allows me to meet the varied needs and writing levels of almost all students.   It gives me wings, allowing me to reach past classroom walls and time constraints, to converse and edit […]