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85Listen to Music - It Can Save the Brain
by Patty Inglish, MS
Educational and medical research agree with extensive findings of major universities and the Kennedy Center for the Arts. This research shows that music, the arts, and speaking to infants and young children - and even the brain damaged adult and older senior citizens - help the human brain to grow and advance. published 9 months ago
72Top 5 Reasons Many Teachers Quit - NCLB?
by Patty Inglish, MS
Many teachers quit because teaching is becoming just too difficult. tO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, many schoolS and school district administrations practice micromanagement and insist on oursuing No Child Left Behind Goals, prhaps without setting other vital priorities as well. published 17 months ago
66No Child Left Behind and Reconstruction
by J D Murrah
My observations are that the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) program, like its cousins School to Work (STW) and Goals 2000 are federal programs designed to restructure education and the workplace. They are all... published 4 months ago
60A Practical Guide to Passing the CSET Exam
by Catlyn
Earning a teaching credential in California requires that every candidate be "highly qualified." To demonstrate subject matter competency,The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 states that new multiple subject,... published 5 months ago
51Give Me a Fair Pay-For-Performance Plan. I'll Take It.
by Dave Teacher
The current idea of “pay for performance” is invalid. Proponents of pay-for-performance want to rate me on how my class performs on the standardized test that I give them every year. Consider the following real scenario: Last year I taught the “gifted class” with little or no behavior problems, family issues, or special education designations. This year I taught the “sweat-hogs,” who were full of behavior problems, family issues, and special education designations. How do you think my score published 5 months ago
51No Child Get Ahead
by hollykaas
Let me give you a brief lesson on IQ scores. The average IQ falls anywhere in the range of 70-130. Now, there is quite a gap between having a 70 IQ and having a 130 IQ. One is teetering on the edge of... published 7 months ago
56NCLB Promotes Mediocrity; Not Excellence
by Dave Teacher
NCLB does not promote teaching excellence, it emphasizes teaching mediocrity. Kids in the high or middle portion of the spectrum aren’t being challenged to excel. Even worse, those kids in the lower tier have now hit a ceiling. published 5 months ago
66Improving No Child Left Behind
by Patty Inglish, MS
The educational research literature taken together suggests that understanding of and willingness to use differentiated (individualized) instructional styles properly must incorporate traditional and... published 9 months ago
61High-Achievers Lose Under NCLB
by Dave Teacher
...our goal as teachers is to lift all students up; to not favor one group over another. Yet, that appears to be exactly what we’ve been doing the last seven years. High-achievers, and medium-achievers for that matter, lose under NCLB. published 5 months ago
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