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Junior Achievement: Free Enterprise from the Ground Up

Mary Braselton Director, Associate of Arts in Teaching Program Midland College A topic running through the Republican Presidential debates has been the value of free enterprise and its role in the maintenance of an economically-viable United States of America. It is nice to know that Midland ISD and .. Continue reading

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A tale of two charter schools: International Academy of Flint

International Academy of Flint – Photo by Ryan Garza NOTE: This story explores a day inside charter school International Academy of Flint and is part of a larger series on charter and traditional school performance in Genesee County. Continue reading

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Students & Transformative Work (introduction to teacher presentations moderated by Alan November)

A sixth grade student started a community newspaper in the St. Louis area in the 1970s. Circulation grew to more than 1000 within months. Continue reading

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26 Years Ago: The Challenger

From last year’s post: When I was five, I remember with excitement – along with all my other Kindergarten classmates – preparing to watch the first teacher, Christa McAuliffe, fly into space aboard the shuttle Challenger. Schools across the country gathered their students, turned on the television t … Continue reading

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Reading Scores dropping?

State Representative Steve Kestell sent out the information below in his latest news letter. The School Board and Administration like to compare themselves to other schools but they don’t ever mention that the schools in the state of Wisconsin on a whole have slid compared to the rest of the country … Continue reading

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MA and RI to Receive Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge Grants

The White House announced that Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and seven other states will receive grant awards from the $500 million Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge fund, a competitive grant program jointly administered by the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services Continue reading

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Snowy Self-portraits!

I’ve done mitten projects a few way the past couple years: fabric collaged and watercolor strung ones. My timing was a little skewed this year starting these projects- I think due to the non-winter-like weather we’ve been having! My KINDERGARTEN students made these super cute snowflake mitten and ea … Continue reading

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Washington wins US early learning money

SEATTLE — Washington is one of nine states to win a share of $500 million in new federal dollars for early learning initiatives. Sen. Continue reading

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Math Games Played with Cards and Dice, Grades 7-8

Math Games Played with Cards and Dice (7-8) is the middle level collection of the Galaxy Series of supplementary activities for the mathematics student. This book contains puzzles, games, and other learning activities that are geared toward the middle school mathematics learner and are based on the … Continue reading

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Weekly Accomplishments and Update – Speech and Homeschooling.

Just a quick breakdown of some accomplishments we’ve celebrated this week! Speech: Luke has mastered a couple of new words. On, Out and Down are all coming out very clear! He still struggles with Up. Up, On and Out have been a challenge for him because they require you to start with an open mouth po .. Continue reading

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