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How misguided can our politicians, both Democrats and Republicans, be to cut spending on preschool education in Georgia? They demonstrate a lack of knowledge on the basic facts, little common sense when it comes to planning for the future, and absolutely no fortitude when it comes to providing a viable economic model to fund preschool…
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In an article posted by Angela Maiers on September 6 in The 12 Most, she outlines the 12 things children want from their teachers. I am not sure I could have come up with a better list. I totally agree with her list and am pretty confident we don’t need a survey of 10,000 children…
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Recently, I watched Salman Khan’s ten minute video on Edutopia called, Big Thinkers: Salman Khan on Liberating the Classroom for Creativity. In the video he explains his vision for how Khan Academy videos can replace lecture-style teaching, allowing the teacher to free him or herself up to implement project-based learning in the classroom. Watch his…
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I listened to the TED Talk by Benjamin Zander (see below) for the third time. Each time I listen I gain something new that stimulates my thoughts about what it means to be a good teacher. In his short talk of about 20 minutes, he exemplifies the qualities of good teaching in powerful ways. If…
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There is a new film coming out this week, The American Teacher. The trailer for the film is available on You Tube. The producer of the film, Ninive Calegari, wrote a blog article about the film on Education Nation (click here for the reference). He explains how his interest in and experience with the teaching…
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