Final Professional Issues Paper

Jan Ahten Final Professional Issues Paper May 26, 2010 Good Teachers Teaching Students Good Things and Teaching Students to be Good Good teachers teach students to be good.  They teach them more than a single subject, or a specific equation. They acknowledge teachable moments and use them to make positive impressions on students rather than [...]

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Identifying Exceptional Students

Many students in Public education today are identified as having some type of exceptional learning issue. Grouping and categorizing students is a common part of today’s educational system, but has the concept of mainstreaming only challenged parents, teachers and principals to find as many resources and as much funding as possible for every classroom? Are [...]

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For the Good of All – Issues, week 2

Character development is one of the most important things we teach to our children.  They must learn to be good citizens, to be encouraged to make good choices about their activities and behavior for the future of the community and the strength of the nation. School is an important place for children to learn about [...]

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Curriculum, Computers and Technology. Issues, week 1

There is a school of thought out there that children are inundated with too much technology at too early an age.  Is this beneficial to youngsters?  Should schools be a place that gives students a break from technology, or should this emerging development of technology for younger and younger children be embraced and incorporated into [...]

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