“Teachers will live up to their potential as leaders only when the school environment supports their efforts.”

Listen to a conversation with Dr. Craig Phillips of North Ridgeville City Schools:
Learn how North Ridgeville utilizes the principles of Universal Design for Learning and other select initiatives to help build teacher capacity and increase student achievement.
Take a look at North Ridgeville’s [...]

Tags: craig phillips, empowering teachers, Leadership, north ridgevile, Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Yardsticks by Chip Wood
Chip Wood is at it again. Chip is the author of - by far the BEST book on childhood development! Obviously, I agree with the book reviewers.
I own the second edition of Yardsticks. My copy is covered in sticky notes, highlighter marks and penciled-in comments in the columns. I recommend it to [...]

Tags: 3 minute motivators, childhood development, chip wood, kathy paterson, yardsticks, yoga

EduHound and Time for Kids have teamed up to bring you free K-1 classroom teaching tools that will engage and motivate your class to learn more. You’ll find subject-specific mini-lesson plans along with corresponding online resource links to help you create the ultimate learning experience for your students.
 

By Greg Toppo, USA TODAY
Beginning teachers have better academic credentials than their predecessors did a decade ago, suggesting that tougher requirements at all levels — from the federal government to the local teacher’s college — have forced teachers’ colleges to improve offerings while luring more qualified candidates into teaching.
A new study, released today by the [...]

Writing Matters, (www.writingmatters.org), a new writing program geared to grades 5 to 9 is now offering free, safe web publishing tools for English Language Arts Teachers who want to turn their writing classrooms into vibrant publishing communities.

Websites of the Week
Ecology
Eco Kids - a Canadian resource that has some great interactive materials. *From the FAQ: Designed for students ages 7-1 - adaptable for older students as well.
Here is an interactive food chain game – click on “Play the Game” when you are ready.

Vocabulary
WordGirl is a new animated series from [...]

In elementary school about as many girls as boys have positive attitudes toward science. A recent study of fourth graders showed that 66% of girls and 68% of boys reported liking science.
However, by second grade, when students (both boys and girls) are asked to draw a scientist, most portray a white male in a [...]