Matthew Lynch – Procrastination works as a virus that slowly engulfs you. It can have devastating effects on your growth and career. Putting off any task that you have to accomplish is a habit that can actually make you lose a lot of time.
“Stuck Schools Revisited: Beneath the Averages” shows why a national focus on turning around the lowest performing schools, while needed, is not enough to raise achievement and close gaps.
A Washington, D.C. briefing at the U.S. Capitol by the Civil Rights Project last week generated an active discussion of research on the intersection of public education and civil rights, …
Matthew Lynch – There is so much paperwork that a teacher needs to do within a few weeks of starting a new school year. In fact, your cabinets may look as if though they have been hit by a tornado.
Matthew Lynch – Have you ever thought about the kinds of things that you accomplish before the school bell even rings to signal the end of the day?
Matthew Lynch – The weeks before the December holiday season are fun-filled times for everyone.
Expanding measures of school performance beyond mathematics and English language arts will give educators better information when evaluating the academic achievements of schools, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
Matthew Lynch – A report card essentially has two main components. The first component is comprised of the grading system and the second part is the narrative.
Matthew Lynch – Even if you are a qualified teacher, completed a college education, and learned how to manage kids, it is very likely that you have not been taught how to write a report card.
Matthew Lynch – Every class has its share of challenging students. If you feel frustrated with the behavior issues that you have to handle, take comfort in the fact that you are not alone—handling behavior issues comes with the job description.
Sandra Stotsky – As a condition of receiving federal Title I funds, require states to use a set of K-12 standards in mathematics, science, and English that have been judged to be internationally benchmarked by a state-level committee of discipline-based academic experts, chosen by presidents of colleges/universities in the state.
Matthew Lynch – Facing new students is challenging for the experienced teacher, let alone the new one who is just beginning his/her teaching career.
Donna Garner – Summary of ideas: STAAR tests will have a time limit of four hours. Two can be given on one day. Students can use dictionaries and graphing calculators provided for them. Accountability scores next school year will be based upon TAKS scores from this spring. Only the raw scores from the STAAR tests will be shared with students at the end of the 2012 school year. For the 2011-12 school year, schools will not use the STAAR tests for promotion purposes. —
Matthew Lynch – Okay, so now you have decided on the layout of the classroom and feel that you are ready for a new batch of students. Not really! There are other things you need to prepare before you can feel comfortable about welcoming your new students.
Matthew Lynch – 12 parts series of tips for First year and Novice Teachers
The IDEA Fairness Restoration Act – which you would be calling to support – will allow parents who win at due process (by proving the school has failed to provide an appropriate education to their child) to recover their expert witness fees.
Colin Hannaford – The aim of this paper is to stimulate research: primarily by observation. Since 1992 its argument has been published in international and international journals in Europe and in the United States.
Fast advancing as the education hub of the Gulf Region, the Qatari Government are proudly positioning high level learning as a key resource of their country. A key achievement, this role will further realise the highly strategic and ambitious cornerstones of the Qatar National Vision 2030 that places focus on Human, Social, Economic and Environmental development – education and research being critical to these challenges.
Richard P. Phelps – Close are a set of guidelines for developing and administering tests. In the absence of any good alternative they have been used by the courts as semi-official codes of conduct.
Moses Lee – There’s a problem with learning at the nation’s colleges and universities. One way to solve it just might be through student-faculty collaborative undergraduate research programs.
Gabe Jackson – IT or Information Technology seems to be the only department that some Nebraska educational districts are protecting from upcoming budget cuts. The learning of information is what any school experience boils down to.
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