If you want to find evidence that American schools are failing, your best bet is to look closely at the tortured logic and disingenuous argumentation issuing from today’s education reform movement. If these people were educated in American public schools, then it’s clear: we failed (miserably) to produce measured, ethical reasoners who rightly wield the […]
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{Ask A Teacher} Help! I Want to Use Social Media In My Classroom!
Are you an educator or parent who has a burning question that only a “seasoned teacher” would know the answer to? If so, look no further than “Ask a Teacher”! Every week we highlight one reader’s question and answer it on our site. If you’d like your question answered email us at info@theeducatorsroom.com! Question: I’m […]
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Support +High School Students = Success
I can’t tell you how many parents I’ve talked to that take a ‘hands-off’ approach to their child’s education once they reach high school. They seem to think that it is best to leave children alone since they are almost out of the house. Although the needs for high school students are different […]
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{Ask A Teacher} I Want to Be A Teacher But I Don't Know What To Do!
Are you an educator or parent who has a burning question that only a “seasoned teacher” would know the answer to? If so, look no further than “Ask a Teacher”! Every week we highlight one reader’s question and answer it on our site. If you’d like your question answered email us at info@theeducatorsroom.com! Question: I’m […]
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The Importance of a Strike: The Chicago Edition
What if all teachers went on strike? What would schools do? How would students learn? How would parent find a safe, productive environment for them? These are all questions that people who live in Chicago are experiencing because as on September 10, 2012 all teachers in Chicago Public Schools went on strike. Everyone […]
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Quick Tips for Veteran & Rookie Teachers!
By: Mallory Flynn Veteran teachers can easily relate when I say that each school year is different. Rookie teachers can easily relate when I say no training, internship or college course can fully prepare you for teaching. The following are tips I encourage all educators to review and apply if feeling a little overwhelmed. 1. […]
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Pulling Back the Curtain: You Can't Save Them All…
By: Eric Pederson In my previous article I recapped a bit of my history in education, but mainly I drew attention to the fact that educators as a whole leave college largely unprepared for what truly lies ahead of them. With the articles that are to follow in this column, I hope to bring to […]
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It Starts at Home: What Parents Can Do to Support Their High School Students in Advanced Mathematics (Part III: It's Cultivated at Home)
In Part 1 of this article series, I suggested helping students to develop a new definition of “smartness” in mathematics. In Part 2, I presented some strategies that parents can implement both at home and with the support of their high schooler’s mathematics teacher. Again, these strategies require little to no advanced mathematical background, put they produce […]