Secondary Education - Recent Questions and Answers
Undeniably, there is an American Education Crisis. Anyone that says otherwise is, at best, ignorant of the researched facts or, at worst, lying to themselves in the most egregious ...
Whether you are the parent of a school aged child, a teacher who wants to do their best, or a student concerned about their education, you have probably wondered how you could bett...
As a teacher, are you swamped with assessing your students everyday? Would you like to know some quick and powerful student assessment strategies, while limiting the amount of work...
How do I apply technology in the classroom? This is one of the main questions I receive in my position with a large public school system. Beginning and veteran teachers alike posi...
As a future educator, understanding the legitimate application of learning theories in the classroom is of tantamount importance. When asked to deliver a presentation on my observa...
To the immense gratitude of educators and parents everywhere, many of the tenets of No Child Left Behind are coming under scrutiny as a rewrite of the law is debated in Congress. S...
As a future teacher, it is now my job to be interested in the happenings of hot educational topics such as school funding, poverty in schools, teachers’ pay, curriculum and testing...
Few things strike fear into the heart of a hardened educator.
Spit wads. Chewed gum. Vomit. Unruly kids.
No problem.
But, tell us we have a completely new student achievement...
I feel a little bit of validation whenever I see student disrespectfulness as a reason for teachers leaving their jobs. It’s usually not as substantial a reason as poor salaries, a...
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It’s hard to believe that it’s been over ten years since former President George W. Bush and former Senator Ted Kennedy stood together on a stage and shook hands as their parties u...
As a central tenet of teaching and learning philosophy, my pedagogy should emerge from contextualization in the platforms of national, state, and local education realities. The me...
In order to discuss a philosophy of education one must first define what an education is. What is the purpose of an education? What is the aim? The purpose of an education is to he...
I presume this question has already received a response since it is already six months old.
First of all, the word is environment, and as a teacher, you should clarify the corr...
The implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act was a good thing in theory; however, in reality did not work as effectively as it was intended. Many high schools across the nati...
Americans are made privy to the fact that our education system is failing to meet the international standards of our global world every day. The most powerful and wealthy country i...
Many parents of gifted children may notice that their child, despite being very intelligent, is having a hard time passing classes in school. This is not because they are having p...
Traditional curriculum takes a liberal arts approach because the adults in the last half of the 20th century decided that well-roundedness was the most important outcome. Over the...
In business they say that everything is about relationship. Yet in the traditional model of mentoring in the workplace we see a hierarchical process of support for limited purpose...
These are some teaching strategies for classroom management. An effective classroom management strategy begins during the first week of school. Teachers must define for students an...