Fall Fiasco 2009...
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WEBSITE: www.teachertube.com Hillcrest Middle Schools Fall Fiasco 2009 promo video for the staff versus students volleyball game.
WEBSITE: www.teachertube.com Hillcrest Middle Schools Fall Fiasco 2009 promo video for the staff versus students volleyball game.
WEBSITE: www.teachertube.com An interview with Mrs. Platts
WEBSITE: www.teachertube.com Carol Harper and Pat Burdette of Bustoz Elementary School with Stretching Harcourt The Art of Literacy for Third Grade Extensions that Engage Students Stretching Harcourt is a group of activities that extend each story in the Harcourt reading series. These activities took the stories read in class a step further and gave thirdgraders necessary resources to connect what they read to other areas of study such as science math and social studies. The use of worksheets charts and graphs allowed the students to see how areas of study can parallel each other.
Walter Williams' PBS documentary Good Intentions based on his book, The State Against Blacks (1982). The documentary was very controversial at the time it was released and led to many animosities and even threats of murder. In Good Intentions, Dr. Williams examines the failure of the war on poverty and the devastating effect of well meaning government policies on blacks asserting that the state harms people in the US more than it helps them. He shows how government anti-poverty programs have often locked people into poverty making the points that: - being forced to attend 3rd rate public schools leave students unprepared for working life - minimum wages prevent young people from obtaining jobs at an early age - licensing and labor laws have had the effect of restricting entrance of blacks into the skilled trades and unions - the welfare system creates perverse incentives for the poor to make bad choices they otherwise would not Dr. Williams presents the following solutions to these problems: Failing Public Schools - Give parents greater control over their children's education by setting up a tuition tax credit or voucher system to broaden competition in turn revitalizing both public and non-public schools Minimum Wages - Remove the minimum wage from youngsters to give more young people the chance to learn the world of work at an early age instead spending their free time idle an possibly falling into the habits of the street Restrictive Labor Laws, Jobs Programs ...
WEBSITE: www.teachertube.com Anna McWhirter of Evans Elementary School with Finding the Main Idea with Mac and PC This project uses sources of popular entertainment such as songs movies commercials and web pages to teach fifthgraders how to find the main idea within a text. As a result of the project many students improved their standardized test scores and their confidence. Prior to the project many students had difficulty restating information from what they heard viewed or read.
WEBSITE: www.teachertube.com This short video was used for the introduction to the NETS Day event
WEBSITE: www.teachertube.com Roosevelt School District in South Phoenix. Produced by Kevin Spidel bluedynamic LLC.
6/18/08: Democracy Now! looks at two cases of free speech in the classroom: Karen Salazar speaks out about her dismissal from the Los Angeles School District. Historian Rodolfo Acuna discusses the Arizona bill that would ban schools from using some books including Acuna's "Occupied America: a History of Chicanos." www.democracynow.org
Learn how the academics are taught at Desert Star Community School, a Tuition -Free, Waldorf-Inspired charter elementary school near Sedona, Arizona. See examples of main lesson books, and get a glimpse into the 5th and 6th grade curriculum.
Imago Dei middle School is a private, tuition-free school serving children who qualify for the Federal Free and Reduced Lunch Program. We serve children in grades 5 - 8. Students attend school for 10 hour a day Monday through Friday, and a half day on Saturday, for 11 months a year. This time allows for the students to excel academically and to develop their talents and interests. With a student-to-teacher ratio of 10 to 1, and a limit of 20 students per grade, our students receive ...