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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 | |