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- Sexual Misconduct Plagues Us Schools
While some schools and states have been aggressive about investigating problem teachers and publicizing it when they're found, others were hesitant to share details of cases with the AP — Alabama and Mississippi among the more resistant. Maine,...
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When Maribel Heredia's son told her that his first-grade teacher was "going to college" and that there would be a substitute in the classroom two days a week, she started asking questions. Only then did she learn that the teacher the Hayward Unified...
- National Standards For Teachers Needed
Is it important for elementary teachers to know American History? Only nine states - California, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Texas and Washington - require aspiring elementary-school teachers to take...
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Dear Educator: I’m excited to announce that in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Atlas Shrugged, ARI is providing free classroom sets of Ayn Rand’s inspiring novel to teachers while supplies last. If you are interested in teaching Atlas Shrugged...
- Why Homeschoolers Care About Public Schools
A certain blogger delights in pointing out problems they perceive with homeschooling (without any facts to back up their imaginary problems). While I personally think they should mind their own business as my homeschooling my own children in no way concerns...
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Goodbye Chalkboard
GAUTIER -- Imagine a classroom where a student no longer walks up to a blackboard to write out a math problem but, instead, uses an electronic tablet to write on the board without even leaving his seat.
Local school districts have been replacing the iconic chalkboard with wireless digital boards that allow teachers, from a laptop computer, to magnify and project the screen's image onto a special board mounted in the front of the classroom.
"Teachers can go on the Internet and find pictures and Web sites" to show the entire classroom, Moss Point Technology Director James Glover said
Read the entire article in The Mississippi Press.
- Sexual Misconduct Plagues Us Schools
While some schools and states have been aggressive about investigating problem teachers and publicizing it when they're found, others were hesitant to share details of cases with the AP — Alabama and Mississippi among the more resistant. Maine,...
- Public School Teacher Lacks Teacher's Certificate
When Maribel Heredia's son told her that his first-grade teacher was "going to college" and that there would be a substitute in the classroom two days a week, she started asking questions. Only then did she learn that the teacher the Hayward Unified...
- National Standards For Teachers Needed
Is it important for elementary teachers to know American History? Only nine states - California, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Texas and Washington - require aspiring elementary-school teachers to take...
- Thought I Would Share
Dear Educator: I’m excited to announce that in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Atlas Shrugged, ARI is providing free classroom sets of Ayn Rand’s inspiring novel to teachers while supplies last. If you are interested in teaching Atlas Shrugged...
- Why Homeschoolers Care About Public Schools
A certain blogger delights in pointing out problems they perceive with homeschooling (without any facts to back up their imaginary problems). While I personally think they should mind their own business as my homeschooling my own children in no way concerns...