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| Corner Stones | |
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| The Competent and Caring Teacher | |
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| America's Schools Need an Educational Philosophy for a Democratic Society | |
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| What Early Schools Taught | |
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| How Public Education Began | |
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| The Enduring Legacy of Structured Inequality in America's Public Schools | |
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| Philosophical Roots of American Education | |
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| The Contemporary Debate in 21<sup>st</sup> Century American Education | |
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| How Teachers Stay Good | |
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| The Best Way to Teach a Class | |
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| Become a Nurturing Teacher | |
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| Mentors Help Students Succeed at High School | |
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| Why Are Some Teachers Better Than Others Are? | |
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| A Classroom Conducive to Learning | |
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| Professional Development: Who Teaches the Teachers? | |
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| The Mesh of Theory and Practice in Professional Education | |
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| Programs for At-Risk Students Do Pay Off | |
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| Quality of Charter Schools Depends on Many Factors | |
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| Small-Scale Schools Offer Consistently Better Education | |
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| School Size is Crucial to Child's Success | |
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| Small Classes Yield Big Results | |
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| Why Do Some Schools Just Work Well? | |
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| How Schools Can Get More "Bang for their Buck" | |
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| Solving the Dropout Problem | |
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| Effort Is the key to Success in School | |
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| Nutrition Affects Intellectual Performance | |
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| Teachers as Leaders | |
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| A Teacher's Legal, Ethical and Moral Responsibility | |
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| The Future of Education Needn't Be Bleak | |
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| Culture to Culture | |
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| 21<sup>st </sup> Century Roll Call | |
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| Schools Should Celebrate Ethnic Diversity | |
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| Ebonics Enters the Language Debate | |
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| Two-Way System Solves Bilingual Problem | |
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| Two-Way Bilingual Education Benefits All | |
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| Roots of Intolerance | |
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| Teachers and Parents Can Help All Students Succeed | |
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| Multicultural Education the Right Way to Go | |
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| Inclusive Schools See Diversity As a Strength | |
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| Some Children Develop Skills Faster Than Others | |
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| School's Vision Begins with Educational Platform | |
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| Teaching the Bilingual Student | |
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| Multilingual Heritage | |
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| The United States: An English Speaking Nation or a Multilingual Nation? | |
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| What Has to Happen for Standards to Work | |
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| Meeting Standards | |
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| What U.S. Schools Could Learn from Japan | |
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| How Can All Students Experience Success? | |
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| Fostering the Bilingual Child | |
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| Nurturing the Bilingual Child | |
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| Attracting Minority Students to Science and Math | |
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| Mathematics for the English as a Second Language Student | |
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| Changing Public Schools to Serve All Students | |
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| Girls Getting the Short End of The Educational Stick | |
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| Gender in Children's Literature: Cinderella or Cinderfella? | |
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| Students Will Rise to the Challenge | |
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| Being "Politically Correct" in School | |
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| The Why and How of Classroom Psychology | |
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| There's more Than One Way to Be Smart | |
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| Bell Curve Isn't the Best Learning Indicator | |
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| Teachers Don't "Give" Grades | |
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| Halting Grade Inflation | |
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| Does the Size of Your Brain Matter? | |
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| Brain Growth: A Second Bite of the Apple | |
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| Disposition Drives Cognition | |
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| Don't Abandon the Academic Ship | |
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| Mixed-Age Grouping Works | |
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| What Is Self-Esteem? | |
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| Help Your Student Beat the Fear of School | |
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| Self-Esteem Is Everything | |
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| Students Will Behave with Proper Guidance | |
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| Student Motivation | |
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| Understanding a Misunderstood Notion-Student Motivation | |
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| How to Set Up an Environment Where Students Choose to Become Motivated | |
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| An Answer for Unsuccessful Learners-Cognitive Retraining | |
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| Learning Requires a Dual Investment: Time and Effort | |
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| Best Efforts Are More Important Than Being Exceptional | |
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| Teacher Expectations a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy | |
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| Pro-Social Behavior: A Product of Positive Expectations | |
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| Sidelined Athletes Grumble about Grades | |
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| Grouping by IQ | |
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| The Fear of Making Mistakes | |
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| Educational Research and Common Knowledge | |
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| A Poor Educational Choice: Grade Retention | |
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| Social Promotion or Being Held Back-Are These the Only Choices? | |
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| Four Steps to Enhance Academic Achievement | |
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| Discipline: Rules of the Road | |
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| Classroom Discipline That Really Works | |
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| The Disadvantages of Punishment in the Classroom | |
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| Punishments and Rewards: One and the Same? | |
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| Classroom Discipline | |
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| What Constitutes Appropriate Discipline? | |
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| Effective Classroom Discipline | |
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| Homework Helper | |
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| How to Cope with At-Risk Students | |
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| Negative Thoughts Lead to Poor Self-Image | |
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| Behavioral Standards in the Classroom | |
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| Tackling School Violence | |
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| Which Works Better-Punishment or Reward? | |
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| When a Teacher Should Call a Student's Home | |
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| There's Lots of Hope for Your Shy Student | |
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| How to Solve the "Bully" Problem | |
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| Is Spanking Ever a Good Idea? | |
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| Mutual Respect is Key to Preventing Violence | |
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| The Gang Problem and a Solution | |
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| Changing Student Behavior | |
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| Dealing with Truancy | |
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| What is Sexual Harassment? | |
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| How to Deal with Verbal Abuse in the Classroom | |
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| Sarcasm Has No Place in School | |
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| Teaching Children How to Behave | |
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| Habitual Tardiness Is a Symptom, Not a Problem | |
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| One Size-Fits-All Dress Code Can Seem Like a Straightjacket | |
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| Testing: Getting It Right | |
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| Assessment and Evaluation: Knowing the Score | |
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| Performance Assessment | |
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| Best Tests | |
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| What to Do on the Day of an Exam | |
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| What Are Standardized Tests? | |
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| What's Behind No Child Left Behind? | |
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| How to Prepare for Standardized Tests | |
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| Preparing for Short-Answer and Essay Tests | |
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| What is Test Bias? | |
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| How to Test Children in Lower Grades | |
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| IQ Tests Are Only One Tool in Measuring Intelligence | |
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| Tests Should Measure Development, Not Limit a Student's Opportunities | |
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| A Formula for Success on Quizzes, Tests, and Examinations | |
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| How to Prepare Students for a Test | |
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| Using Portfolios to Assess Math Progress | |
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| Types of Math Portfolio Assessment | |
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| Six Steps to Better Grades | |
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| Curriculum: What to Teach | |
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| Slow Learners Deserve Full Curriculum | |
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| An Answer to the Diversity Gap in High Schools | |
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| Where in the World Is Geography? | |
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| What about Science? | |
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| Evolution Theory has Roots in Science | |
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| Why is Spelling So Hard? | |
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| Finding Out about the World Around You | |
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| What's the Point of Reading Shakespeare? | |
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| The Arts are Undervalued | |
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| What's Going on with Art Programs? | |
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| Does Pronunciation Matter? | |
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| Are Physical Education Programs Worth the Time, Effort, and Money? | |
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| Why is Physical Education taught in Secondary School? | |
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| The Jump to Junior High or Middle School | |
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| Middle School Selection of Crucial Importance | |
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| Are High Schools Getting Tougher? | |
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| Oral History Project | |
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| Students Learn a Lot on Field Trips | |
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| Television has a Place in the Classroom | |
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| Parents Are Right to Limit TV | |
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| TV or Not TV, That Is the Question | |
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| Is PBS a National Treasure? | |
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| Economics is a Vital Element of Citizenship Education | |
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| The Language of Mathematics | |
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| What Is a Portfolio? | |
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| The Evolution of Literacy | |
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| Methodology: How to Teach | |
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| Collaboration is a Formula for Better Education | |
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| Working in Groups Can Yield Positive Results | |
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| Cooperative Learning Leads to Results | |
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| The Essay Menu | |
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| A High School Design Flaw: Six Classes a Day, Five Days a Week | |
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| Replacing the Six-Period School Day | |
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| A Game Plan to Enhance Student Achievement | |
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| What is Andragogy? | |
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| Experiences Affect How and What We Learn | |
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| Critical Thinking Skills in the Classroom | |
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| Children Learn Best from Self-Initiated Activities | |
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| Students Balk at Assignments | |
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| Getting Homework Done on Time | |
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| Mixed-Age Activities | |
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| How to Get Students to Turn in Their Homework | |
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| The Self-Directed Student | |
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| Teachers Should Distribute Lecture Notes | |
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| Real-World Thinking and Problem Solving | |
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| Collaborative Skills: Teamwork That Lasts a Lifetime | |
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| How to Teach Conventional Math Classes in a Short Period of Time | |
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| Teaching Mathematics to Children | |
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| Four Requisites to Academic Accomplishment | |
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| Struggling Students Aren't Bad Students | |
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| Not All Students Work at the Same Pace | |
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| What are Critical Thinking Skills? | |
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| Learning to Read, Reading to Learn | |
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| Encourage Young Readers by Reading Aloud | |
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| Language Skills are Key to Intellectual Development | |
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| Taking Steps toward Writing Effective Essays | |
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| Revision Is an Important Part of an Assignment | |
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| Learn to Read, Then Read to Learn | |
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| Integrated Approach to Language Arts Pays Off | |
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| Newspapers in Class Encourage Reading | |
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| Like, How Come Kids, You Know, Can't Communicate? | |
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| The First Lesson in Reading Can Be an Experience | |
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| Helping Beginning Readers | |
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| Reading Starts with Identifying Sounds | |
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| Finding That Inner Voice to Make Reading Enjoyable | |
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| Help A Child Love to Read | |
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| Mix of Teaching Strategies Is Key to Reading Success | |
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| Ways "Poor Students" Can Learn to Read | |
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| Learn Grammar without Drills | |
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| Five Ways to Become an Exemplary Listener | |
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| Q&A Sessions Need Right Kind of Questions | |
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| Understanding the Textbook | |
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| How to Encourage Reading | |
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| Use This Trick to Get a Child to Read | |
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| Helping a Child Read at Home | |
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| Questions to Ask about School Reading Programs | |
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| Early Reading Builds a Lifetime Habit | |
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| Story Time Helps Children Learn to Read | |
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| Reading and Writing Work Hand in Hand | |
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| Inclusion and Service: Yes, That Means Everyone | |
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| Decisions that Concern Disabled Students | |
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| Ways to Test Disabled Students | |
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| Does Your Student Have a Learning Disability? | |
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| Teaching Special Education Students in the Regular Classroom-a Team Approach | |
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| Setting Up Learning Environments for Students with Attention Deficit Disorder | |
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| Will All Non-Gifted Students Please Raise Their Hands? | |
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| An Inclusive Educational Strategy: Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English | |
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| Having Friends at School | |
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| Dealing with Dyslexia | |
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| Dealing with ADD | |
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| What is Service Learning? | |
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| Linking Students in the Classroom with their Communities through Service Learning | |
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| Nurturing Children of Mixed Heritage | |
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| Extending the School Day | |
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| The Most Popular Class Is the One Least Taught | |
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| Oral History Project a Winner from First Question to Final Presentation | |
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| A Child's Success a Joint Mission | |
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| Eliminating Drug Abuse Requires Team Approach | |
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| After-School Programs to Entertain Children | |
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| How to Turn Students into Good Citizens | |
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| Let's Get Down to Cases | |
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| 3..., 2..., 1..., Action! | |
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| Tools of the Trade | |
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| It's Important to Travel the Information Highway | |
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| Computers' Impact on Education | |
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| Why Every Student Isn't on The Information Highway | |
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| Computers in the Classroom | |
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| Why Computers Are Important | |
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| Getting Started on Computers | |
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| How to Distribute Computers on Campus | |
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| Are Computers Worth the Expense? | |
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| Technology in Today's Schools | |
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| Computer Age Changes Librarians' Roles | |
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| Learning on the Internet | |
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| The Best Kind of School Technology Plans | |
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| Technology Offers a Big Plus to the Instructional Process | |
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| The Potential of Distance Education | |
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| Is E-Mail Changing Scholarly Dialogue? | |
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| Online Classes Change the Concepts of Time and Space | |
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| How to Teach an Online Course | |
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| What Makes a Quality Educational Web Site Experience | |
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| Quality Online Learning | |
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| Testing by E-Mail | |
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| Andragogy meets Online Education | |
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| Online Collaborative Learning | |
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| Collaborative Online Education | |
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| Online Access to High School Education | |
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| Education: A Family Affair | |
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| Parents and Teacher Must Work Together | |
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| Communicating with Parents | |
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| How to Get Involved in School Reform | |
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| Reform Movements | |
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| How to Choose the Best Preschool | |
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| Preparing a Child for Kindergarten | |
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| Preschool Checklist | |
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| Appropriate Teacher Conferences | |
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| Appropriate Questions at an Open House | |
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| Unhappy with Your Teacher? | |
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| What to Expect from a Student Teacher | |
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| Classroom Visit May Help Concerned Parent | |
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| How Parents Should Deal with Teachers | |
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| Father's Involvement Is Very Significant | |
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| The Powerful Effect of a Father's Involvement on His Children's Education | |
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| Changing Schools Requires a Community Effort | |
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| Summer School Approach to Learning | |
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| School-to-Work Transition | |
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| Employability Skills | |
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| Parents are Their Child's First and Most Important Teachers | |
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| How to Help a Child with Homework | |
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| A Child's Self-Esteem | |
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| Helping Your Children with Homework | |
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| Start Teaching a Child about Nature Now | |
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| What about Home Schooling? | |
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| Helping the Unsuccessful Student | |
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| How to Help a Child Overcome Social Inhibitions | |
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| Parents' Role in the Education of Their Children | |
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| How Parents Can Help with Homework | |
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| Parent Involvement That Pays Off | |
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| Review a Child's Work to Improve Performance | |
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| Families Involved in Classroom Learning Experiences | |
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| Specific Kinds of Family Involvement Really Work | |
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| Parents' role in Science and Math Education | |
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| How to Tell Youngsters about the World of Work | |
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| Glossary | |