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Student Success: Dedicated To the Kid in the Back of the Classroom

I scanned the article with only passing interest until I saw his name1. It was one of those ‘home town boy makes good’ features about a California native son,...

Thank You Charter School

Socrates was not talking about public school education when he declared, “The unexamined life is not worth living”. However, as we mark National Charter Schools...

Video: Teacher Appreciation During Teacher Appreciation Week!

Let’s talk about teacher appreciation! Teacher Appreciation Week is May 6th to May 10th 2013 and Teacher Appreciation Day is May 7th. Are you ready to...

Talking to Kids About Death: From Boston to Texas

Unfortunately, the walk from the hospital to the school was a short one. It left me little time to consider what I was going to say to my students and how I was...

Video: Teaching Kids to Code

What are the advantages of teaching kids to code? Millions watched the viral video on code.org trying to convince the younger generation to learn to code. But...

Cheater or Cheated?

The nation has been rocked by yet another cheating scandal. Former Atlanta superintendent of schools Beverly Hall, along with 35 teachers, principals and others,...

Video: Video Games in the Classroom

Kate Cohen discusses whether commercial video games like SimCity have a place in the classroom. Is this the end of education as we know it? Maybe it is and maybe...

Just What the Doctor Ordered

Well, if he wanted to make a statement about education standards, he definitely hit the mark. Last month, Dr. Ben Carson, the director of pediatric neurosurgery...

Video: The Role of Michelle Obama and Nutrition in Our Schools

Kate discusses the efforts of Michelle Obama in improving nutrition in school in order to fight childhood obesity which is the greatest threat to the country’s...