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Another interesting newsletter by David Altshuler (on differentiated learning)
David Altshuler, M.S. Newsletter July 17, 2012 Hyper-Vigilant Attentive Disorder As I’m writing the newsletter this week, I am also actively, if sporadically, engaged in returning phone calls, answering emails, planning my next trip to see therapeutic boarding schools in … Continue reading
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Good educational resource (for high school students especially)
DavidAltshuler.com Apropos to the recent NY Times article on good teachers, see a cut/paste of his recent newsletter below: Bad Teacher Sun, 12/11/2011 – 19:26 — David A scant 33 years ago, at the ripe old age of 22, I … Continue reading
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NY Times article on impact of good teachers in elementary school
Inspiring article in the NY Times for teachers working with young children. The article cites studies which have shown that quality teachers help their students beyond academics, including lower teenage pregnancy rates, as well as greater college matriculation and adult … Continue reading
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ANOTHER article on homework
If the link doesn’t open, copy and paste it into your browser. I do know of one school in town that espouses to the homework policy set out in the article. Other schools might think about adopting : ) Are … Continue reading
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Too much homework?
See “New York Times” article (copy link below and put into your browser): www.nytimes.com/2011/10/24/education/24homework.html?scp=1&sq=Dalton%20School&st=cse
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Controversy over technology in the classroom
Sometimes technology overrides good teaching. Article worth reading and considering, especially for children in elementary school and early childhood. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/technology/at-waldorf-school-in-silicon-valley-technology-can-wait.html
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Bribing children?
Food for thought from a friend of mine…read the entire article…link below. I found interesting…..especially….”If you pay a kid to read books, their grades go up higher than if you actually pay a kid for grades, like we did in … Continue reading
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Race to Nowhere
See the links below for local showings, as well as a description of the issue. The movie is coming to the Cosgrove Theater at the University of Miami on Jan. 12, 2011. http://www.racetonowhere.com/ http://www.racetonowhere.com/about-film http://www.yoursewickley.com/sewickleyherald/article/film-race-nowhere-addresses-pressure-felt-students
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4.0 in Math – Way to Go!
One of my prior students (who was struggling quite a bit with math when she came to tutoring with me) stopped by on Saturday to tell me that she has a 4.0 in math so far in middle school! How’s … Continue reading
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A Compliment from a Student
A comment from one of my students yesterday (12/6/10). I took it as a great compliment: “You like teaching, don’t you? When you were little, did you want to be a tutor when you grew up?” SG, age 8