What’s So Fine About Art?
Art is a collaborative effort. Teaching art to children starts with an understanding of fine art with the goal of learning the skills necessary to teach and impart to students a love and understanding
Click to continue »Good Coaches Aren’t Just About the W
Good coaches are not measured or remembered based so much on a winning season as the impact of their life philosophy and the standards they pass on to the young people going through their program. Coaches
Click to continue »A Novel Way to Stimulate Students
Fiction is a novel way to stimulate the brain, it turns out. Reading novels, or stories, not only improves our minds, studies show, but gives us a greater chance of understanding the world we live in.
Click to continue »Tips for Engaging Today’s Students
The world we live in moves quickly, particularly for the contemporary student. As a teacher, how do you engage students? Because keeping students focused is becoming more difficult. But there is hope. As
Click to continue »Travel Time: Three Branches of Government
If you are a teacher today it is likely you are getting a lot of questions regarding the president, how the judiciary works and where Congress fits in. How does a special counsel work? Who can fire him?
Click to continue »Prepare: Technology’s Impact on Humanity
While Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the U.S. Congress about data theft and its impact on U.S. elections and Tesla founder Elon Musk has repeatedly talked about the dangers of Artificial Intelligence
Click to continue »The Key Steps to Better Classroom Design
The Common Core State Standards and the focus on 21st century skills require classroom spaces that promote collaboration and innovation. Yet, most of our elementary schools were built in the 1950s and
Click to continue »Spotlight on Student Trauma
The mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida Feb. 14 left 17 students dead and 17 more injured. It has put student trauma in the spotlight like never before. Since the
Click to continue »Technology: Use Google Forms to Get Focused
Google Forms is an app that is becoming increasingly popular among teachers for its ability to easily and quickly create rubrics, assignments, and assessments. It can also be used as classroom management
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