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1: Foreign Language Classes as a Paradigm For Successful Instruction
Foreign language are typically taught today as they were taught 100 years ago. The fads hurting so much of public education have not normally been allowed to retard French, etc. This is great news. Let's reflect upon why the average French class is probably much closer to the ideal than the average history class.
2: How to Simplify your Homeschool Curriculum
Some years down the track in homeschooling, you throw out so much homeschool curriculum which you have bought and never used and keenly look to simplify your homeschool curriculum. I am concerned that some publishers are just viewing homeschooling as another market and we are steered into thinking that each child needs to have a textbook for each subject each year! Is there another way?
3: Cool Science Experiments - The Way to get your kids excited about Science
How do you get your kids really hooked on science? Cool science experiments! Recently it has been confirmed in my own mind, that a real and extremely valid way for kids to love Science and be keen to know more, is to provide them with time to play around with really cool Science experiments.
4: Times Tables – Causes of Difficulties (6 – 8)
The next three causes of difficulties in mastering the multiplication tables are considered in this article: the times tables from 11 to 20, poor memory of pupils, and the use of calculators.
5: Five Things to Know About the Transition from Homeschool to University
This article reviews five things you should know about transitioning from homeschool to university.
6: Differences between Internet and Paper based TOEFL Test
TOEFL test is undeniably the world’s most popular English Language test. It is conducted at over 45000 administration site across 165 countries. The test so far has been taken by about 25 million students so far. The TOEFL is now conducted globally in two formats Internet Based Test (IBT) and Paper Based Test (PBT). It is very important to know the difference between the two tests in terms of pattern, structure and benefits according to individual applicant.
7: A Tale of Two Movies About American Education--Which One Can You Trust?
Two recent documentaries give conflicting views on public school education. Which one is right?
8: How Your Child Can Benefit From Reading
We all know how reading can benefit us both in our personal and business lives. When we read, we learn many things and we even have the opportunity to improve our communication skills although we may not be aware of it.
9: Educational Propaganda
Recently, students across the country took the Advanced Placement English Literature exam. This three hour test, which grants college credit to qualifying students, is the culmination of a year of int..
10: S Standardized Testing: A Race to Nowhere
Race To Nowhere is an excellent description of the standardized testing movement. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, increased the role of the federal government in public education and also expanded the role of standardized testing.
11: What Students Need To Know To Thrive In College
Students who have the following personal qualities are much more likely to thrive in college.
* Self-awareness and self-acceptance
* Proactivity as opposed to reactivity
* Perseverance
* Skill in setting short and long-range goals
* Use of effective support systems
* Strong emotional coping strategies
* Self-awareness and self-acceptance
* Proactivity as opposed to reactivity
* Perseverance
* Skill in setting short and long-range goals
* Use of effective support systems
* Strong emotional coping strategies
12: For Parents of Special Needs Students: Raising a Successful College Graduate
Children with special needs have experienced more frustration and academic failure than most other children. Yet, some of them become successful college students who graduate with a specialty in a chosen field.
Sadly, most do not. Only about 57 percent of students with disabilities graduate from high school, and only about 10 to 15 percent of those graduating attend college.
What are some reasons students succeed in college? How can parents help their child be among those who accomplish this challenging undertaking?
Sadly, most do not. Only about 57 percent of students with disabilities graduate from high school, and only about 10 to 15 percent of those graduating attend college.
What are some reasons students succeed in college? How can parents help their child be among those who accomplish this challenging undertaking?
13: Teachers’ Union Complicit in Union Busting?
Should teachers' unions be advocates for Race to Top funding? Should teachers' unions support merit pay?
When a school's faculty is told, without consultation with staff, that it will be getting a merit pay program the next year and find out the union leadership is behind it, one wonders who the union represents.
When a school's faculty is told, without consultation with staff, that it will be getting a merit pay program the next year and find out the union leadership is behind it, one wonders who the union represents.
14: How American Public Education Became A Doomsday Machine
In dumbing down the country, our Education Establishment dumbed itself down. And then the machinery got stuck on auto-pilot.
15: How To Improve Your Grammar And Punctuation
Individual words too can have relatively different meanings in different cultures depending upon expectations, values and experiences.
16: Neurochemistry in the Classroom
This article discusses the memory and attention-enhancing properties of the neurotransmitter/hormone norepinephrine and ways to activate it in the classroom
17: Times Tables – Causes of Difficulties (4 – 5)
The next two causes of difficulties in mastering the multiplication tables are considered in this article: criteria of mastering and the lack of drill.
18: Parents Must Act if Their Child is Being Bullied
Most Americans do not take bullying seriously. Sadly, school personnel don’t take it seriously either. One of the most common myths about bullying is that it is “normal” and “everybody does it.” Nothing could be further from the truth.
Children with special needs may become the victim of a bully. If your child has been, or is, being victimized, he or she feels alone, unsafe and may even feel the victimization is justified. The effects of bullying impact mental and physical health and academic performance, often for many years after the actual incidents occur.
Children with special needs may become the victim of a bully. If your child has been, or is, being victimized, he or she feels alone, unsafe and may even feel the victimization is justified. The effects of bullying impact mental and physical health and academic performance, often for many years after the actual incidents occur.
19: When Boys Don’t Read, Here’s What To Do
Boys not wanting to read is a big problem. An even bigger scandal is that, all too often, boys are not taught to read in the first place.
20: Are You Frustrated and Stressed Out About Homework Battles?
Is doing homework at night stressing out you and your child? Imagine a peaceful evening with no yelling, crying or ripping up pages. Learn how to end the homework battles once and for all.
21: Is Your Kid Disorganized? What can you do?
Organization is a skill we learn, but kids with disabilities have lots of trouble learning to be organized. There are some strategies we can help them learn to be organized and independent.
22: Times Tables – Causes of Difficulties (1 – 3)
The brief enumeration of main causes of difficulties in mastering the multiplication tables described in my previous article needs to be detailed and motivated. Now I would like to dwell at some length upon the first three causes.
23: Join the Educational Revolution!
Many students receive the necessary tools to overcome struggles in public education by the support of parents, teachers and interventions. There are a great number of students who do not receive additional support for whatever reason. This fact needs to change very rapidly.
24: Living or Learning Problem: Do You Care?
Sometimes our kids have living problems not learning problems in education today.We cannot have an educational system that is not human.
25: Rudolph Flesch's Message Is Still Crucial
Rudolph Flesch remains a force in education for an unexpected reason. The Education Establishment still pushes the bad methods that Flesch exposed 55 years ago in "Why Johnny Can't Read." Here's the message: children can't learn to read using sight-words.
26: Coaching Vs. Managing
The Best coaches are caring and focused. Managing and coaching are both required and if used in the right time and place create Best results for both individuals and the organization!
27: Teachers as Pawns
Teachers are often blamed for the lack of educational progress in our public schools. What is missing from the discussion is the role that the two main political parties have in setting priorities for wars, the military, and bailouts yet ignore the basic needs of our schools.
28: A Checklist Of Ten Education Ideas We Might Want To Reconsider
Why are many public schools so mediocre? Sometimes there seems to be a surfeit of flawed ideas. Here is one critic's list of bad actors.
29: Move to Learn – Unlock the Potential of the Brain
There are about as many nerve cells in the brain as there are stars in the Milky Way galaxy. The unique set of connections between neurons that each of us develops determines how we view the world, shapes our future experiences, and indeed, determines who we are. Successful students have developed rich, connected networks of neurons. Many factors encourage neurons to branch and communicate with each other. In this newsletter, our topic will be the vital role of movement in brain development.
30: Proposed causes of autism: Disorder in glutamate regulation and microglial activity
The incidence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has increased to the alarming rate of approximately 1 in 100, and in some areas of the country, as many as 1 in 67 males are afflicted with the condition. A research study published in Current Medicinal Chemistry proposes that environmental and dietary factors may trigger a devastating cycle of events affecting certain activities of the brain.