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Tomie dePaola
Tomie dePaola is my all-time favorite children’s author. He has written and illustrated over 200 books that children continue to enjoy. I was saddened to hear about his death in March of 2020, at the onset of the pandemic. What a great loss to children’s literature!
By Elaine M. Gallagher5 years ago in Education
How To Start Online Tutoring Marketplace For K-12 Students
The shift in technology has changed the way of education in the past decade. Technology becoming cheaper and accessible are primary reasons for it. This had led to a change in way of learning not just for students in college but also for k-12 students.
By Tushar Manhas5 years ago in Education
Teachers & Principals: How To Handle Threats From Parents
School staff are often on the receiving end of threat from parents and community members. There are two kinds of common threats that need to be handled differently. First there are threats of violence towards the school staff, or students. Threats of violence, depending on your jurisdiction, can be illegal, and since you can never know which ones are serious and which ones are simply meant to intimidate, all threats of violence need to be reported to the proper authorities in your school.
By Robert Bacal5 years ago in Education
Teachers Are From Pluto, Parents From Mercury, and It's The Children Who Suffer. Top Story - May 2021.
With the beginning of the school year, the "war" between parents and teachers begins anew. Both parents and teachers have the same ultimate goal: To provide the best education possible to students going to schools, which is a good thing, but there's a stark difference between the roles and responsibilities of each. Truly parents and teachers often seem to be from planets at different ends of the solar system when it comes to HOW to reach their shared goal.
By Robert Bacal5 years ago in Education
Terrific Teacher Appreciation Gifts. Top Story - May 2021.
Teacher Appreciation Week here in the United States is well upon us! Traditionally celebrated by schools and communities across America during the month of May, the 2021 week of recognition spans from May 2-May 8. This is the perfect week to thank your teacher or to thank your student's teacher, no matter the age or grade level they teach! And even if you're catching this article after the week of celebration has already passed, remember...there is never a wrong time to say "thank you."
By L.A. Hancock5 years ago in Education
The Teachers Who Quit
In 2019, before Covid-19 and all of the ensuing fallout from the global pandemic, I submitted a piece to Kappa Delta Pi's Why I Teach writing contest. I was in my fourth year of teaching, had recently landed a dream position to help open a laboratory, project-based middle school in the fall, and was positive that I would be enthusiastically teaching the traditional K-12 classroom until my retirement. You can read the original piece here.
By L.A. Hancock5 years ago in Education
How Education Is Failing To Fulfil Its Duty
As a professional teacher of some forty years, teaching wide range of age groups covering quite a variety of subjects in languages and the arts, I have long since come to the conclusion that exams are not a good way to achieve what they are supposed to achieve.
By Liam Ireland5 years ago in Education
The Problem with School
Woes of School It would be easy to pass this prose as a lazy youthful moaning regarding the structures of society and success. However, I urge you not to dismiss so easily the thoughts I present here. “Every boy hates school; it’s nothing new.” On this, we can agree; many sons have a distaste for the education system. They despise waking up at the crack of dawn to stand outside through wind, rain, and snow in some states. With a loathing, boys trudge from class to class, expected to sit for hours until they can finally leave the confines of the building to be home. The difference between my experience and most schoolboys is that I was home-educated. This means I did not have to wake at the crack of dawn most days; I did not have to wait for a school bell to free me from the droning of school.
By R. M. Forté5 years ago in Education
How NOT To Make A Good Impression First Day Of Teaching
Teaching at any level, particularly if you have limited experience can be daunting and anxiety provoking, particularly on your very first day. Here's a story of of my first day teaching a month long summer course for college instructors.
By Robert Bacal5 years ago in Education
Unlikely Survival Strategies for Teaching on Zoom. Top Story - April 2021.
It never occurred to me just how much energy teaching live college classes on Zoom would require. Now, after a year of limping along in this mediated format, one strategy has become my lifeline.
By Mandy Osterhaus Ream5 years ago in Education
