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So I saved an educator's life today while talking to her after lunch.  We were walking back from Panera to the afternoon session of the UCI Writer's Project and we were engrossed in a discussion about using metacognitive strategies in ...

Welcome to the Carnival of Education #177 hosted this week by Where's the Sun?  The theme was empowerment so my entry covers the first step in teacher empowerment, "How to Find a Job in Education that you Love."   You may ...

Remember Rich Hall in HBOs 1980s comedy, Not Necessary the News?  He created sniglets, words that should have been in the dictionary, but weren't.  For example: Foodgitives: The food on one side of a TV dinner tray that escapes to the other side. ...

"Oh, you must be so excited to summer break." "Must be nice being a teacher, summer break and all." Don't you just hate it when civilians assume that just because your students are at camp, you are too?  Once of the things ...

I've been reading a lot of headlines lately about NCLB leaving out the over-achievers and potential leaders in our schools.  Joanne Jacobs mentions it in her article, "What About the Smart Kids?" and the NYTimes and the Common Core blog ...

Sometimes I get a mental check at how new to edublogging I am.  I just discovered Dangerously Irrelevant, can you believe it?  Anyway, I like the guy's style.  So he just posted an interesting article titled, "Ed Tech Quarantine," that ...

In today's Joanne Jacobs article, Computers Don't Boots Poor Kids' Grades," I commented that they may not boost them now, but as we all know, our mission as educators is not just to increase test scores, but also to create ...

The Pre-First Step in How to Take Control of Your Teaching is actively seeking out the right school for you. GOAL: To love where you work and enjoy what you are doing   Too many teachers are miserable. Some of that can be ...

  I received this email today from my sis.  It's one of those chain emails.  You know, "send this out to 6 people and all your wishes will come true."  This one, however, not only has a purpose, it also includes ...

Hosted this week by Learn Me Good, the #175 Carnival of Education has just rolled in.  As the daughter of a game show producer, I particularly enjoyed the theme, as I'm sure you will too.  Check out my post. Little known ...