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A good article. Sometimes, it's a struggle to know what to do about a situation that occurred when you weren't around. This article gives a proactive approach.

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I participate in #catholicedchat from time to time.

This video made me smile and gave a great explanation of Pentecost.

A great idea to keep organized notes about children in class. Can be used by a specialist, or just the classroom teacher. I can think of several ways to use this in the classroom. 

"Students coast to coast will answer the call to keep on reading about the world around them. Newsela's Summer Reading Challenge gives them the chance to earn badges, get newsroom promotions and climb in the standings, all while reading news and feature stories hot off the press."

We always think of people needing food and clothes during emergency situations, but kids receiving the materials they need to complete a cheerful activity is just as important.

Visit Good News Network when you need to read about happy, positive events in the world.

Recycling K-12 experiments & background information for lesson plans, class activities & science fair projects for elementary, middle and high school students. Great ideas for outside recycling experiments

Read a review of the research on the benefits of inclusion for special-needs students.

Inclusion of all children with disabilities in regular classrooms seems to be the law of the land. But is it the right thing for all kids? And how are teachers handling it?

an Francisco, Calif., May 1, 2015 / 05:22 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Archdiocese of San Francisco has stressed its "greatest admiration and respect" for those working in Catholic education, pledging to take into account teachers' concerns while lamenting that some reports about its proposals for Catholic schools have been "incorrect" and "inflammatory."

By Anya Kamenetz, NPR Little children are big news this week, as the White House holds a summit on early childhood education December 10. The President wants every four year old to go to preschool, but the new Congress is unlikely to foot that bill.

By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has set up a five-person committee -- which includes Irish Msgr. Paul Tighe -- to find ways to implement recommendations for streamlining and modernizing the Vatican's many communications structures. When the pope met with his Council of Cardinals in April, the cardinal advisers...

By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Being Christian is humbly serving others, not applying "makeup" to your soul to make it prettier, Pope Francis said. "To be Christian is to do what Jesus did -- serve," he said in a homily April 30 during Mass in the chapel of his residence,...