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5 Teacher Stories That Break Your Heart
Being a teacher is not for the faint of heart. It’s an important job to educate children, but it often comes with little pay and significant stress. Sure, teachers get flack for having summers off and long breaks at Christmas and in the springtime, but many bring work home that...
Voucher Program for Higher Quality Education
Funding for education in 2020 has increased and the increase in money will allow for more freedom to be given to the states to decide how to use the money. The government is offering more money for teacher's to receive customized development. There will also be money allotted to provide teacher's...
The Effect Of YouTube Kids on Education
There is no denying that we are living in a digital age, and that applies to adults as well as kids. Students are increasingly exposed to digital technology as part of every facet of their lives, which means that educators must decide whether to embrace or shy away from that...
Dealing With a Challenging Child
As educators, it is inevitable that we will encounter challenging students throughout the course of our careers. While there are no sure-fire strategies to handle these students, there are some classroom management techniques that can help minimize disruptive behavior in the classroom and address it effectively when it does happen.Remain...
In an On Demand World is Patience Still Important?
It is human nature to be impatient. After all, we are self-centered creatures that are naturally impatient, unless we are taught differently. In today’s fast-paced, instant gratification society, patience might seem like a thing of the past. The truth, however, is that it is more valuable now than ever before, The...
Five Hilarious Stories from Educators
Educators see and experience a lot of unique things during their time in the classroom—to say the least! And while seriousness, focus, and a desire to exceed goals are important ingredients in the recipe for educational success, the reality of teaching—for many hours per day and during most days of...
Should We Have Prayer in School?
This article needs to be quantified from the start. The topic here is narrowed to prayer in the public school setting. What occurs in private and parochial schools is not regulated by the government and is outside of the bounds of this discussion. Parents who have their children in private...
How Hard to Push Our Children in Academia
Many educators debate how hard they should push their students. Should they allow students to work at their own speed and flourish naturally or should they design a rigorous curriculum that encourages them to expand their knowledge base? For most students, an academically challenging curriculum can help them succeed in...
Do we need national education standards?
Yes! We absolutely need national educational standards. Sadly, many may not know the history of educational standards in our country just before the Common Core State Standards began, and they may not understand why it was essential to make the transition from individual state standards to the Common Core. History - Inch...
The Future of the School Cafeteria
The past two decades have brought with them more fundamental changes and innovations to education—including teaching procedures and standards, teaching methods, progress benchmarks, and much else—than any other 20-year period in human history. Partly as a result of technological developments, partly as a result of a heightened awareness of the...
Up and Coming Classroom Tech
As this decade draws to a close, we are seeing more classrooms have access to technology. More teachers now utilize technology as a part of their classroom routine. Thus, there has been a bit of settling in. The following are the most noteworthy trends in technology in the classroom for...
Can Teachers Be Assessed on Student Performance?
Of course teachers can be assessed on student performance! The question is what performances are going to be the measuring stick. Rightfully, teachers are very wary of being assessed at all. Teachers are wary because the means and methods of assessment of teaching that have been used traditionally and those...