School Of The Week: Girard College
Wednesday July 27, 2005
Stephen Girard did a marvellous thing when he set up Girard College over a hundred years ago. The school offers tuition free education to over 500 students mostly from the ... Read More
20 Technology Skills Every Educator Should Have
Tuesday July 19, 2005
You must read Laura Turner's piece in The Journal. Twenty skills! Twenty! You tell 'em, Laura! Good grief, I know educators thirty years younger than I who hate technology. ... Read More
Study Great Ideas, But Teach To The Test
Sunday July 17, 2005
It is just plain discouraging to read Michael Winerip's piece in the New York Times about teaching to the test. Well, that's in the public education sector. Thank goodness private ... Read More
Internet Explorer Falls From Favor
Tuesday July 12, 2005
A piece in The Chronicle relates how some universities are encouraging students to use Firefox or Opera rather than Internet Explorer. Why? Security issues, plain and simple. I've used Firefox ... Read More
Living With Terrorism
Friday July 8, 2005
The London bombings remind us that the threat of terrorism is constantly before us. At home, abroad, everywhere. We need to teach our children how to live with it.
Your Young ... Read More
5 Ways To Help Children Cope With Disaster
Thursday July 7, 2005
Terrorists bomb the heart of London. A double decker bus is blown up. Four underground stations are attacked. Once again we are left wondering why such a dreadful thing has ... Read More
StormReportMap.com
Thursday July 7, 2005
Atlanta had 4 inches of rain last night. You know what that did to airline arrivals and departures. Weather events can create havoc with airline schedules. So I was really ... Read More
School Of The Week: Gulliver Schools
Wednesday July 6, 2005
Vision, drive, determination have produced an incredible group of schools known as Gulliver Schools. With over two thousand students Gulliver would seem a behemoth as far as private schools go. ... Read More
Exit Library. Intrat Information Commons.
Tuesday July 5, 2005
The University of Texas at Austin is removing books at its undergraduate library and transforming the space into an information commons. UTA and many other colleges and unversities feel ... Read More
Metro New York Schools
Sunday July 3, 2005
Manhattan is home to many famous old private schools such as St. Thomas Choir School and The Birch Wathen Lenox School. On Long Island you will find Chaminade High ... Read More
MIT Conducts Blog Survey
Saturday July 2, 2005
Do you write a blog? I urge you to take MIT's survey on Weblogging. Teachers are taking to blogs with great enthusiasm. Think of a blog as an electronic journal ... Read More
Happy Canada Day!
Friday July 1, 2005
O Canada! Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide,
O Canada, we ... Read More