Tag: teacher quality
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Teachers: 10 ways to make money this summer
By Katie Parsons of Mumbling Mommy Teachers who are on a traditional school calendar have summers off. Of course, as these teachers know, that time isn’t ... -
New Teacher Tip: Getting Ready for the First Day of Class
Okay, so now you have decided on the layout of your classroom and feel that you are ready for the new a new batch of students. ... -
The Master List of Interview Prep for Teachers
While the precise format for an interview may vary from site to site, no matter where you are, there are some general tips and tricks for ... -
How Good Are We at Promoting Linguistic and Intellectual Diversity in the Classroom?
Language is intimately tied to culture and diversity in the classroom. Immigrants initially tried to keep their homeland culture alive in their youth by creating language ... -
Are lectures a good way to learn?
Phillip Dawson, Monash University Imagine a future where university enrolment paperwork is accompanied by the statement: Warning: lectures may stunt your academic performance and increase risk of ... -
What’s so Important About a Culturally Responsive Curriculum?
Some of you may feel compelled to use the “color-blind” approach to instructing your students, overlooking your students’ race or ethnic background in the interests of ... -
Keeping children back a year doesn’t help them read better
Paul Thomas, Furman University If you’re an eight-year-old living in Charleston, South Carolina, you’re soon going to need to study extra hard at reading. The US ... -
Cloud Computing and K-12 Classrooms
Cloud computing has taken the business world by storm. Climate controlled rooms full of servers are quickly being replaced by remote storage technology, whimsically referred to ... -
Students who repeat a year stoke bad behaviour in class
Clara G. Muschkin, Duke University Students who are held back a year in school or who are older than average for their grade have long been ... -
As easy as ABC: the way to ensure children learn to read
Kerry Hempenstall, RMIT University Human speech has long been present in every culture, and our brains have evolved specialized features to enable its rapid development when ...
