August 16, 20174:39 read What Makes a Good Book Report? Do I have to do a book report? If you've heard that question, maybe you should ask yourself another question. Do I want my student to do a book report? Sometimes we require... Read more...
August 16, 20173:50 read Assessing Reading Progress: How to Make the Grade Good teachers are evaluating all the time. At the beginning of the school year, assessments help to determine grouping for instruction. During every teaching session informal... Read more...
August 16, 20171:55 read Achievement Tests—Just One Tool Nationally standardized achievement tests have been an expanding part of education in America since the end of World War II. In recent years they have been looked upon as tools to... Read more...
August 16, 20171:31 read Textbook Truth: A Standard Even Texas Can’t Change Did you hear? They’re at it again. The public school curriculum board in Texas is changing their standards for the teaching of social studies. In more than 160 ways. This... Read more...
August 16, 20173:15 read The Joys and Challenges of Teaching English One of the challenges of being an English teacher is the plurality of areas that must be covered in class: literature, grammar, vocabulary, and writing. As with literature,... Read more...
August 16, 20175:39 read Choosing the Right School Leader Even the most casual observers of the Christian education movement in the United States tend to see a limited pool of quality leaders, particularly at the school level. That must... Read more...
August 16, 20173:20 read 2017 Newbery Award-Winner Book Review: The Girl Who Drank the Moon The recipient of the 2017 Newbery Award is Kelly Barnhill’s The Girl Who Drank the Moon,1 a middle grade novel from Algonquin Young Readers. Barnhill’s publishing... Read more...
August 16, 20172:38 read 2016 Newbery Award Winner Book Review: Last Stop on Market Street The ALA presented the 2016 Newbery Award to Last Stop on Market Street by Matt De La Peña. Commencing in 1922, the Newbery Medal has been awarded annually to the “most... Read more...