March | April 2011
Education Reform
Just the facts, please!
Learn the truth about merit pay, charter schools and other favorites of the so-called education reformers. You might be surprised.
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| anc_dyn_links Are We Smothering Kids In Kind Words? |
| anc_dyn_links Despite hardship, teachers achieve excellent results at little-known U.S. schools in Cuba. |
| anc_dyn_links Kids with Asperger Syndrome are hoping you’ll help them find a place in the classroom that fits just fine. |
| anc_dyn_links Kathi Grace, an award-winning special educator in Vermont, has a few tips for her colleagues workiong with students with Asperger’s. |
| anc_dyn_links It’s fundamentally wrong to end someone’s career based on a statistical model that’s incorrect one-quarter to one-third of the time. |
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| anc_dyn_links Ready Set, Play; The Roots Of Bullying; The “Bad Teacher” Canard; and Better Training For Special Ed Teachers. |
| anc_dyn_links Try your hand at cartoon captioning. |
| anc_dyn_links It’s pretty simple math: When the Bad Stuff vastly outweighs the benefits, teachers leave the profession. |
| anc_dyn_links NCLB; independent panel formed; long work days; and poverty is a factor |
| anc_dyn_links Can you help kids who refuse to help themselves? |
| anc_dyn_links Why is my paraprofessional classroom work valued so low? |
| anc_dyn_links How one North Carolina teacher go his at-risk boys singing a song of success. |
| anc_dyn_links Inside the Diverse Classroom; Biodiesel For Buses; Sticks And Stones; The Florida Myth; The Envelope… |
| anc_dyn_links Donna Swanson is determined to help kids eat healthier. |
| anc_dyn_links Movies can make your class come alive. |
| anc_dyn_links Philippe Cousteau takes the plunge into environmental service learning. |
| anc_dyn_links What NEA affiliates are doing to protect memebers from violent and disruptive students. |
| anc_dyn_links New NEA training stresses the power of house calls. |
Extra Credit - Go Green to Save Green
If all new school construction and school renovations went green starting today, energy savings alone would total $20 billion over the next 10 years.
March, 2011
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