Yazan: admin | 11 July 2010 | No Comments
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What is the standard of excellence for schools today? What truly matters? For whom? While the U.S. continues to struggle to gain ground with our standard assessment scores, other countries (such as China and South Korea) are reversing long standing “uniform educational” practices and replacing them with more flexible, individualized approaches. They are seeking to [...]
Yazan: admin | 06 July 2010 | No Comments
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Another year, another “back to school workshop.” For returning teachers it is often “been there, done that” before. For new teachers, sometimes it is information overload. For both, it is often “get me out of here and back to my classroom — I need to be organizing, doing what really counts.”
Our solution is simple. We [...]
Yazan: admin | 11 April 2010 | No Comments
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Consider this: two teachers per room. Extra eyes, hands, ears, and brains. With two scanning the room, student questions are answered more quickly; one teacher can handle discipline issues as the other continues teaching; and each teacher could supervise a separate learning center, providing simultaneous instruction. For language immersion programs, with co-teaching, there are two teachers, each excelling [...]
Yazan: admin | 09 March 2010 | 1 Comment
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Kevin Simpson one of our team members and also President of KDSL (Know Do Serve Learn) is in Dubai. He contributed today’s blog:
Everyday is Differentiation Day! This is the theme in Grade 4S at GEMS World Academy in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Read alouds are selected based on student interest. Independent reading of just right books is [...]
Yazan: admin | 19 August 2009 | No Comments
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Tomorrow I am off to India and into another time and space. This leads me to think of culture and the impact of culture on teaching and learning. While the very best teaching practices tend to be universal, certainly culture plays a role in how they are implemented and even in the planning that takes [...]
Yazan: admin | 02 August 2009 | No Comments
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As we prepare for the next academic year, schools are gearing up for teacher workshops, including orientation for new and returning teachers. Teachers frequently report that they never have quite enough time in their own classrooms getting organized. Have you built in sufficient time for teachers to get their rooms and lessons ready for the [...]