Several months ago my wife and I needed a new car. We did the research and looked at a wide range of cars. We eventually found a car that we hadn’t seen on the road before. It was a Ford Fusion. We love everything about the car and found a dealership that was nearby with…
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Kicking off a new school year…
Tomorrow I will begin my ninth year of teaching. This is my 9th year of preservice trainings. My 9th year of new initiatives and new ideas for transforming our classrooms. My 9th year of detailed explanations about why my assessment data should be better. It’s easy to drown in all the minutia of school, the…
5 Tips to Kick Start the School Year
Through podcasts, web pages, mailed invitations, a ‘Meat ‘n’ Greet,’ and a final email blast, you can build up your incoming students’ back-to-school excitement. Source: 5 Tips to Kick Start the School Year
9 tips for encouraging reading at home
Promoting reading at home is the single-greatest factor in determining a kids success in school. It can have a drastic impact on test scores, as well as overall enjoyment in school. One study found that kids who read 20 minutes a day will read around 1.8 million words in a year vs. a kid who…