1st Global Teacher Prize goes to Nancie Atwell of Maine
A lit teacher from Maine has won the Global Teacher Prize and $1 million, which she'll donate to the center she founded to advance teaching and learning.
Language Arts
Helping teachers help 3rd graders read
How important is it that young children learn how to read? 3rd graders who can't read at grade level are less likely to graduate by age 19.
In St Louis, hope + fear = poetry
Students around St Louis have written poetry that gives us a window into their souls: they want the violence to end and they want communities to work together.
Juvenile rehab through poetry
Using a poem written about 83 years ago, juvenile offenders in Maryland presented their analysis of the text to an appellate judge.
Early talking skills predict future writing difficulties
Canadian study: 1st graders who have trouble conjugating verbs have more trouble learning to write as 2nd graders.
Engineer looks at CCSS math grade 2
How can an electrical engineer not understand the teaching of 2nd grade math to his own son. Not sure, but it does happen.
What's in your school pictures?
It was school picture time at Alton HS this week when I visited. So, what do those pictures look like?
One English lit lesson supported by Common Core
An English literature class at an IL high school shows but one example of teaching great literature with the standards in the Common Core.
School comments issued in county council debate
The question for the debate Thursday in Anne Arundel County, Md.: Did we evolve from apes or did God create us 6,000 years ago?
Student poets read their work at the White House
Congratulations to the five high school students who were named National Student Poets in a White House ceremony last week.