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What the Government Shutdown Means for Education
With so many federal government workers facing furloughs because of the recent government shutdown, one must pause and wonder how shutdowns affect the education system, which receives funding from...
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Are Sports Good or Bad for Schools? by Peter DeWitt
As an elementary school principal you would think that sports do not have a large impact on what we do during the day, but they do. Students play kickball and two-hand touch football out at recess,...
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Dallas School District to Provide Free Meals for All Students
With 159,000 students, the Dallas Independent School District has a lot of mouths to feed. According to the Dallas Morning News, the district has participated in the United States Department of...
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The Common Core: Issues and Implications in Education Reform
Common Core Talk to anyone within the public school system, and those two words will likely stir up conversation and controversy. Set forth by the National Governors Association for Best Practices, the...
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DSM-5 Revisions “Redefine” Autism
The Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) recently underwent its first major revision in the past 20 years. The DSM (or “the psychiatrist’s Bible”) is used to diagnose mental...
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A Community Effort to Improve Literacy (Peter DeWitt)
"On average, professional parents spoke over 2,000 words per hour to their children, working class parents spoke about 1,300, and welfare mothers spoke about 600. So by age 3, children of...
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The Secret? (We Need Downtime)
This post was originally published on Wonder of Children, by Lisa Dewey Wells, on October 14, 2013. Lisa Wells has taught for 20 years in independent schools in MA, NY and MD. She currently writes a...
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Biology, Ecology & Jabberjays: Teaching Science with Science Fiction
Sci-Fi in Sci-Ed The literary genre of science fiction offers a “human lens” to complex scientific ideas, providing readers and learners with a more comprehensive and accessible view into topics such...
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Celebrating Banned Books
While it is a popular book used as a teaching tool in schools, The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, was one of the most challenged books of 2010 due to being “sexually explicit, unsuited to [a number...
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The Secret, Part 2 – Permission for an Inner Life
This post was originally published on Wonder of Children, by Lisa Dewey Wells, on October 22, 2013. Lisa Wells has taught for 20 years in independent schools in MA, NY and MD. She currently writes a...
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Are the Odds in Your Favor? Using The Hunger Games to Teach Probability
From Proper Fractions to Popular Culture “When will we ever use this in real life?” is the math student complaint heard around the world. Though it comes as no surprise, recent statistics show that...
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The Best Educational Toys for Your Child This Holiday Season
The opportunity to learn is around the clock, it doesn’t have to happen at school alone! This coming Holiday season you will no doubt purchase many toys for your child, why not find some that can help...
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Are Sports Good or Bad for Schools? by Peter DeWitt
As an elementary school principal you would think that sports do not have a large impact on what we do during the day, but they do. Students play kickball and two-hand touch football out at recess,...
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The Benefits of Puzzles in Early Childhood Development
People have long known that puzzles present many benefits for children as they develop. Children usually start out with simple knobbed puzzles that are outlines of simple shapes that fit into...
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The Most Important Year of School Is…
The answer is freshman year of high school, at least when it comes to predicting who is likely to drop out or not. According to The Atlantic, the periodical Education recently released research...
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A Community Effort to Improve Literacy (Peter DeWitt)
"On average, professional parents spoke over 2,000 words per hour to their children, working class parents spoke about 1,300, and welfare mothers spoke about 600. So by age 3, children of...
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The Secret? (We Need Downtime)
This post was originally published on Wonder of Children, by Lisa Dewey Wells, on October 14, 2013. Lisa Wells has taught for 20 years in independent schools in MA, NY and MD. She currently writes a...
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Biology, Ecology & Jabberjays: Teaching Science with Science Fiction
Sci-Fi in Sci-Ed The literary genre of science fiction offers a “human lens” to complex scientific ideas, providing readers and learners with a more comprehensive and accessible view into topics such...
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Celebrating Banned Books
While it is a popular book used as a teaching tool in schools, The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, was one of the most challenged books of 2010 due to being “sexually explicit, unsuited to [a number...
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The Secret, Part 2 – Permission for an Inner Life
This post was originally published on Wonder of Children, by Lisa Dewey Wells, on October 22, 2013. Lisa Wells has taught for 20 years in independent schools in MA, NY and MD. She currently writes a...
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