With the weather warming up, parents should be making a point to get children outside every day. The fresh air and sunshine are invaluable to keeping children healthy. In fact, time spent outside has even been shown to improve ADHD symptoms!
It is important to remind parents not only of the importance of outside playtime, but [...]
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Top Two Reasons Teachers Enjoy Teaching
I recently conducted a survey of teachers to find out what they enjoyed the most about teaching. The results were not surprising, but for those who are considering becoming a teacher or trying to remember why you became a teacher in the first place, here are the top two reasons the teachers in my survey [...]
Free Lesson Planning Resource
Teachers, check out Lesson Pathways, a free online resource with 900 weekly lesson plans that can be used as a stand alone curriculum for grades k-5 or as a supplemental source.
Find lesson ideas for science, history, reading/phonics, math and language arts.
Lesson plans organize activities found on the internet to create a thorough look at each [...]
Firing Entire Staff of Teachers?
Would a district desperate to improve test scores ever decide to simply fire every teacher on staff at one school and start fresh? The implications of a decision like this are huge, yet one Rhode Island school district has decided to do just that.
In Providence, Rhode Island, Central Falls district has made the striking decision [...]
