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VERY pleased to announce that Isabel Wilkerson will speak at my daughters' first school! 2 elleng Nov 2021 Nov 2021 1 1094
This is education! 'How high can you jump? How far can you push a basketball? 0 elleng Nov 2021 Nov 2021 2 1157
"When he lectured in the United States, Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget would invariably 6 elleng Nov 2021 Nov 2021 38 2787
LINGUAL SOPHISTICATION AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT 9 elleng Dec 2021 Dec 2021 11 1540
Temple Grandin Wants Us to Think Differently About Kids Who Think Differently. 7 elleng Jan 2022 Jan 2022 33 2734
Want to teach the next generation about #IrvingBerlin? 2 elleng Mar 2022 Mar 2022 4 909
How to Talk to Kids About Ukraine 0 elleng Feb 2022 Feb 2022 1 886
For info, Forboes America's Top Colleges List 2021 7 elleng Jul 2022 Jul 2022 3 1272
A Brown Skinned Native Mexican Girl is the most intelligent human alive. 14 elleng Jul 2022 Jul 2022 39 2572
A School of Fish on river @ my house: 0 elleng Jul 2022 Jul 2022 3 1252
'Thomas and Friends' introduces Bruno the Brake Car, its first character with autism. 4 elleng Oct 2022 Oct 2022 2 2709
@ my daughters' elementary school (today's curriculum. Daughters now have 3rd grade boys.) 4 elleng Mar 2023 Mar 2023 33 2787
Work and play come together in Lowell's Pre-Primary School! 0 elleng Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 732
My daughters first school doing great work. Sad daughters no longer there. 0 elleng Oct 2023 Oct 2023 5 1076
@ my daughters' first school this week, EDUCATION! 2 elleng Oct 2023 Oct 2023 10 1333
A school where students can be 'unapologetically Indigenous' 6 elleng Dec 2023 Dec 2023 10 988
Letter to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Concerning Evaluation of Teachers and Principals 0 elleng Sep 2012 Sep 2012 2 1713
Daughters' former school wins award, 0 elleng Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 1569
REAL education! 3 elleng Dec 2012 Dec 2012 2 2048
In Ignorance We Trust. 1 elleng Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 1823
Farm Theme Boosts Enrollment in Rural Kansas School. 8 elleng Feb 2013 Feb 2013 4 2650
California School District Sued Over Yoga Program. 7 elleng Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 3000
REAL education, history, geography, social studies all together now! 0 elleng Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1650
iCivics educational video games: 7 elleng Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 2487
near Asheville, NC, from my cousin, who wrote the first paragraph: 15 elleng Mar 2013 Mar 2013 5 3750
.Centers See New Faces Seeking Test Prep. 0 elleng Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 1989
*Schools that Change Communities, PBS. 3 elleng Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2236
Music helps kids LEARN! 6 elleng Apr 2013 Apr 2013 4 2465
Texas Considers Backtracking on Testing. 2 elleng Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2457
Tests So New They Outpace Lesson Plan 10 elleng Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 4364

Education Continued...

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After weeks of studying author and illustrator Eric Carle 0 elleng Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 1773
Does Class Size Count? 18 elleng May 2013 Jun 2013 1 4925
Concerns about the 'Common Core' 8 elleng May 2013 May 2013 2 3200
Teachers Embrace 'Deep Learning,' Translating Lessons Into Practical Skills. 6 elleng May 2013 May 2013 3 3021
A Lifeline for Minorities, Catholic Schools Retrench 12 elleng Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 3464
Grading Problems With Regents Exams Delay Some Diplomas. 3 elleng Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2507
Candidates See Cincinnati as Model for New York Schools. 1 elleng Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2021
Language-Gap Study Bolsters a Push for Pre-K. 2 elleng Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1911
A poverty, not education, crisis in U.S. 2 elleng Dec 2013 Jan 2014 7 1788
Cuomo Sweetens Pre-K Deal: ‘Whatever’ Mayor Needs 1 elleng Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1842
Common Core Curriculum Now Has Critics on the Left. 7 elleng Feb 2014 Feb 2014 9 2570
Restorative Justice 1 elleng Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1710
To Keep Teenagers Alert, Schools Let Them Sleep In. 11 elleng Mar 2014 Mar 2014 4 2744
Trying to Close a Knowledge Gap, Word by Word 0 elleng Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 1410
a tip from my daughters' pre-k - 3rd grade school, 0 elleng Mar 2014 Mar 2014 4 1571
We Need to Talk About the Test. 3 elleng Apr 2014 Apr 2014 7 1712
Revised SAT Won’t Include Obscure Vocabulary Words. 11 elleng Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 4504
The Tale of Two Schools 6 elleng May 2014 May 2014 11 2208
Arne Duncan can keep his cynical NCLB waiver — Washington school board member 8 elleng May 2014 May 2014 12 2153
For Lessons About Class, a Field Trip Takes Students Home 2 elleng May 2014 May 2014 6 1728
Common Core, in 9-Year-Old Eyes 2 elleng Jun 2014 Jun 2014 7 2241
The Clever Stunt Four Professors Just Pulled 3 elleng Jun 2014 Jun 2014 59 2885
Teaching creationism as science now banned in all UK public schools. 4 elleng Jun 2014 Jun 2014 21 1785
Linda Darling-Hammond on the common core standards 4 elleng Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 1642
Why Do Americans Stink at Math? 5 elleng Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 2189
Classic Math vs. Common Core 4 elleng Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 2420
Education Secretary Allows Reprieve on Test-Based Teacher Ratings. 3 elleng Aug 2014 Aug 2014 5 1682
Why so many kids can’t sit still in school today. 15 elleng Aug 2014 Aug 2014 9 4184
On the first day Primary School Science Teacher Kelly Hoffmaster wanted to get her students thinking 0 elleng Sep 2014 Sep 2014 5 1722
On the First Day of Kindergarten 1 elleng Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1596

Education Continued...

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The Battle for New York Schools: Eva Moskowitz vs. Mayor Bill de Blasio 2 elleng Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1860
New materials to explore, books to read, friendships to make. 2 elleng Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1562
Second graders tackle ancient technology. Welcome to Pulleys 101! 2 elleng Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1790
The right — and surprisingly wrong — ways to get kids to sit still in class. 9 elleng Oct 2014 Oct 2014 7 2692
States Listen as Parents Give Rampant Testing an F. 7 elleng Nov 2014 Nov 2014 12 2306
Your children deserve better than this, first-grade teachers tell parents. 1 elleng Nov 2014 Nov 2014 26 2072
Just met a professor at a small MD college, 2 elleng Nov 2014 Nov 2014 6 1887
Fortunately not every school in the country plays teach for the test. 0 elleng Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 1474
at my daughters' first school: EDITED 1 elleng Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 1772
The Model Town Project 1 elleng Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 1568
To Raise Science Scores, Colleges Look Beyond the Lecture. 4 elleng Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1861
“Most people confuse arithmetic with math...” link 'fixed.' 7 elleng Dec 2014 Dec 2014 7 2391
Secret Agents for Change 0 elleng Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 1454
The Disturbing Transformation of Kindergarten 5 elleng Jan 2015 Jan 2015 37 3238
Education Secretary Says Administration Is Committed to Testing. 3 elleng Jan 2015 Feb 2015 5 2066
Kindergarteners exploring the characteristics of paper, 0 elleng Jan 2015 Jan 2015 5 1439
What does math look like in second grade? 4 elleng Jan 2015 Jan 2015 2 2192
Kindergarten writing in their journals 0 elleng Jan 2015 Jan 2015 2 1585
Math and Science combine forces for 6th graders 0 elleng Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 1512
"When you really listen to a child read, 2 elleng Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 1803
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