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It goes without saying that nowadays we are all confronted with an environment of continuous change and speedy shifts. Technology has altered the very nature of business and this had greatly influenced the employment market. Jobs requiring expertise and technical skills are growing in nearly every sector of the economy. The continuous change in ( Read more... )

We need to consider two different perspectives when applying Tools for Teaching to the job of substitute teaching. The first is when you are about to have a substitute. The second is when you are about to be a substitute. Our treatment of substitute teaching will, therefore, have two parts:1) your preparation for having a substitute, and 2) what to ( Read more... )

There are people who do not pursue college education during their early days. For those who do, some of them do not continue with graduate education immediately after completing their first degree. These people have several reasons for not pursuing their studies at that time ( Read more... )

Every student may not be bound for a university, but there is no reason that any child, particularly in the elementary school years, shouldn't at least consider it. This is the philosophy behind "College Day," an activity that takes many forms but always focuses on making college more familiar and accessible to students. The fringe benefit of this ( Read more... )

Students pledge to read thousands of pages… First- and fifth-graders buddy up for reading… Those events and others are part of school-wide reading programs at two Minnesota schools. Included: Additional activities to help make reading a school-wide goal ( Read more... )

This is the time of year when the parents of many preschoolers must decide where their child will attend school in the fall. I wanted to take this opportunity to share my experience with Montessori preschool education ( Read more... )

We’ve got district initiatives, government regulations, grant stipulations, contracted obligations, state mandates… Heck, our plates are full! Let’s remove some of the clutter from our plates by removing some of the clutter from our teachers’ plates ( Read more... )