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My Articles on Education Topics

A Teacher’s Tips for Talking to Your Child’s Teacher

A Teacher's Tips for Parents Dealing with Teenagers

What is giftedness?

Student Loan Reform Law: How It Affects College Students

Identifying Gifted Students: What Parents Should Know

President Obama's Proposed Changes to No Child Left Behind: What the Changes Mean for Your Child

How to Be a Creative Secondary Teacher

How to Be a Successful Advanced Placement Student

What Do You Think About Education Issues?

SHALL WE DANCE?

May 23, 2009

Tags: education, dance, arts, learning styles, academic alternatives

I love an innovative new idea that has been developed at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. Educator and choreographer Erik Stern, along with Dr. Karl Schaffer—an educator, choreographer and mathematician—are the creators of a "math dance." (more…)

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A LONGER SCHOOL YEAR

May 16, 2009

Tags: education, academic success, national standards

Would U.S. students benefit academically from a longer school year? I don't think so, but Education Secretary Arne Duncan does. Believing that a school year of at least eleven months—in conjunction with a lengthened school day and a six-day school week—will augment academic achievement, Secretary Duncan has concluded (more…)

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Race, Competition and Academic Success

May 8, 2009

Tags: education, learning styles, culture, academic success, elementary school

I'm intrigued by the results of a study recently published in the journal Cognition and Instruction. The study, which focused on the relationship between cooperative learning and race, was conducted on 132 urban 4th and 5th graders in one northeastern school. (more…)

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