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View ArticleReflection #2: Box of Chocolates, “A New Mantra”
In this blog post, the writer reflects on the attitudes toward the teaching profession after speaking to teachers in Brazil. She says that Brazilian teachers are extremely underpaid and unappreciated...
View ArticleReflection #3: Teacher Tom, “Let Me Repeat That: It’s The Poverty, Stupid!”
With the introduction of the Common Core Standards in replacement of the No Child Left Behind act, the public education system has been put under a magnifying glass. In this blog post, a preschool...
View ArticleApp of the Week: Flashcards [+]
Download this FREE iTunes app here! This app provides students with an easy and accessible way to study classroom material. Using the same concept as traditional flash cards, this app makes it easy...
View ArticleReflection #6: Classroom Chronicles, “No Hands Up”
In this blog post, a teacher reflects on her experience with asking questions in her classroom. Traditionally, when a teacher asks a question the entire class, it is expected that students will raise...
View ArticleReflection #7: Blogush, “Own It…”
In this blog post, a teacher discusses his experiences with writing in the classroom and how they have changed over time. He says that in the beginning of his teaching career, he was able to...
View ArticleReflection #10: Box of Chocolates, “About Kindness…and the Way it Comes Back...
In this blog post, the author discusses kindness in life and in her classroom. She talks about encouraging kindness in her classroom, as well as trying to do a random act of kindness everyday, no...
View ArticleReflection #14: Upside Down Education, “It’s a Struggle”
In this blog post, the author discusses the concept of struggle in education. She had a student’s parents complain because their child was struggling in her class. This brought the author to talk...
View ArticleReflection #15: Teacher Tom, “Smear, Wad, and Crumple”
In this blog post, Teacher Tom tells a story of the art his preschoolers created. He tells readers that the older his students are, the less they seem to need him, “as it should be.” He tells...
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