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The Disturbing Trend of Cyber Bullying Teachers

While cyber bullying is a cause of concern for many students today, what many people don’t realize is that cyber bullying teachers is another disturbing trend that has been on the rise. This cyber bullying against teachers is being conducted by both pupils and their parents, and more than 1 in 7 teachers are reported [...]

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Using Technology to Support Traditional Literacy

Teachers face a challenge in promoting traditional literacy when their students are far more adept at texting or instant messaging. How can students, particularly those in middle and high school, become interested in traditional literacy, and why should they? The latter is one of the most frequent questions teachers hear: “Why should I? What good [...]

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Reaching Out to Diverse Parents in the Classroom

We have seen ways to involve parents in the classroom that help students succeed. This is no less vital for parents from different cultural backgrounds or from “nontraditional” families. The challenge for teachers is what to do when the styles of communication and cultural beliefs do not respond to traditional methods of involvement, such as [...]

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Time to Throw Away the Teacher Evaluation Checklist

Outstanding, good, satisfactory, needs improvement, unsatisfactory. And that’s our evaluation – a teacher evaluation checklist. Helpful, isn’t it? Teacher evaluation is an integral part of improving achievement in the classroom and yet studies show that most teacher evaluations are usually “rosy.” A national report created by the New Teacher Project shows that evaluations do not [...]

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2 Major Challenges of Merit Pay in Education

Mention merit pay in education or “pay for performance” and you will spark a lively, or contentious, debate among teachers. The idea that teachers should be compensated for their students’ achievement levels is nothing new, but some schools are experimenting with pay for performance, and President Obama said that teachers should be paid much more [...]

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The Expanding Role of Digital Literacy in the Traditional Classroom

What is traditional literacy? Even just ten to twenty years ago, that would have been an odd question. Traditional literacy meant the ability to read and write. But now, we have digital literacy – the ability to navigate online and use new technology and programs with ease. The difficulty is that overburdened teachers have the [...]

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How Professional Learning Communities in Education Lower Teacher Attrition Rates

How does the worst performing school in the district – one with high poverty rates, high student transfer rates, and the largest number of ESL learners – transform itself into a school which exceeds district, state, and national averages? How did Westside Elementary School in Springville, Utah improve across the board, even pulling significant increases [...]

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