This article focuses on the future of the 2007 law that created the Learning Community. Recent reports have failed to show a connection between the Open Enrollment policy and student performance on Nebraska Assessments. Another area that the policy fell short on, was achieving the blended socioeconomic of students that the lawmakers wanted to see. Decisions will be made about the future of the policy at the next legislative session and these reports could drive big changes to be made. 1. What is your personal opinion on the Open Enrollment policy? 2.What changes could be made to improve the policy? 3. What ideas to you have that could improve the socioeconomic diversity of our students in our city schools?

The views Whoppi Goldberg started a wildfire when made this statement on air, "To me, bad teachers don't do anybody any good. So the union needs to recognize that parents aren't going to stand for it anymore. And you teachers in your union, you need to say these bad teachers are making us look bad. We don't want it. You and the parents can make this change." This article discusses the backlash from teachers and it asks the question what are some of the characteristics that makes a teacher "bad" or good. They also give a list of twelve different ways you can spot a bad teacher in your school. In your own mind what constitutes a "bad" teacher? Does mentoring help new teachers? What would you do if you observed a teacher exhibiting these "bad" behaviors listed in the article?

The Flipped Classroom (FC), is the teaching model that employs asynchronous video lectures, reading assignments, practice problems and other digital technology based resources outside the classroom and interactive, group based problem solving activities in the classroom. This article discusses the benefits of FC and provides a case study and guidance and recommendations for implementing this model in your class. They also provide multiple technological resources that you can use in your FC classrooms. Very interesting approach compared to that of the traditional classroom.

This article discusses the use of free web 2.0 tools that can be used in the classroom to help promote 21st century skills. They highlight four web tools, Jing, Wix, Google Sites, and Blogger, that can be integrated in school environments. The article provides specific classroom examples from four teachers, on how they were able to use these tools with their students.