It’s been proven that children who read achieve. They boast higher test scores and recognize letters and numbers more often than their peers who read less often. But getting children to crack open a book sometimes can be the tricky part for parents and teachers. Nine years ago, the National Education Association launched the “Read Across America” program to encourage,…
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High School Rankings
With the advent of school choice and the ever increasing ability of a family to move from one state or one neighborhood to the next, there is an increasing desire for parents to seek high school rankings. When doing so, there are so many factors to consider. Some of these pop right into mind: expenditure per pupil, SAT and other…
Baltimore Schools Try To Grow Their Own Teachers
Baltimore Schools mirror the rest of the nation in a shortage of qualified and available teachers. The most recent recruitment attempt involves a “grow-your-own” method that is slowly cropping up around the country. The Baltimore Country district of Baltimore Schools awarded 3 college scholarships this year for students to pursue education degrees. The scholarship recipients will be trained and mentored…
Rx For Success A Pharmacy Career
What would happen if no pharmacists were available to fill your prescription at the local drugstore, or to recognize medication errors in the emergency room? That could be reality if America doesn’t train another 150,000 pharmacists by 2020. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, 7,000 to 10,000 pharmacist positions are left unfilled every year. Pharmacy graduates can expect a…
Teaching Kids Early Organizational Skills
Understanding the organizational skills used by children has become increasingly complex and important-and organizational differences among students play a large role in determining which children get the most out of their educational experience. “Many second and third graders have difficulty with organization. It simply doesn’t come naturally to them,” says Judy McAlear, a special education teacher in Fernandina Beach, Fla.…
Developing Reading Fluency
How many times have you heard a child reading aloud and it sounded like they were counting instead of reading? This is a problem that many teachers and parents face. It is caused by a lack of reading fluency. While it has long been recognized that fluency needs to be developed, teachers have been reluctant to teach it over the…
So If Retention Is So Harmful What Should We Do Teach
Heading Toward a Long-term, Systemic Solution A Boston Globe editorial stated that for “40 years, study after study on grade retention has reached the same conclusion: Failing a student, particularly in the critical ninth grade year, is the single largest predictor of whether he or she drops out” (Edley, 2002). The editorial goes on to state that “widespread retention further…
Writing An A Resume For Teachers
When you think of a teacher, you think of someone who is very well educated and knows how to pretty much do everything. They know how to read well, draw well, deal with kids well, and deal with parents of kids even better. Most importantly they know how to write well. The idea that a teacher might have a problem…
Moving Away From Public School Rankings
Our society is made up of near-constant comparisons. We want to know who’s doing better in the polls. We want to know which car gets the best gas mileage. We want to know what team is superior in football, basketball, soccer, baseball and so on. We want to know which town is the most family-friendly, which one has the highest…
What Is A Good Lesson Plan
Even the best teachers often struggle with writing a high quality lesson plan that will allow them to teach to the best of their ability. Plans that are not well organized or clear in their direction can be hard to follow and the educational experience of the students suffers as a result. Many teachers are required to write their plans…