Teacher training videos focused on web technology.

Preparing kids for tests doesn't have to mean drills. In our work, we make explicit connections between good test-taking practices and good general-learning practices. Here, we share some of the strategies and ideas that have grown out of our efforts. In this article you'll find: Reading Strategies Math Strategies Format Fundamentals Six Ways to Ease Test Stress

Instructional strategies determine the approach a teacher may take to achieve learning objectives. Five categories of instructional strategies and explanation of these five categories can be found within this site.

Children who read on grade level by the end of third grade are more successful in school, work, and in life. This KIDS COUNT special report affirms a commitment by the Casey Foundation to help ensure that all students are proficient in reading by the end of third grade and help narrow the gap between advantaged and disadvantaged children.

Relationships among educators within a school range from vigorously healthy to dangerously competitive. Strengthen those relationships, and you improve professional practice.

This analytic report draws from several NCES surveys to illuminate the question of the condition of education in urban schools compared to schools in other locations.

It's all part of a unique project at the Northwest Jacksonville school that aims to turn the harsh reality of its students' neighborhoods into a life-saving lesson. About 30 fifth-graders are working on a gritty music video that carries at its core a strong message of nonviolence.

Thousands of pieces of free educational material - videos and podcasts of lectures, syllabuses, entire textbooks - have been posted in the name of the open courseware movement. But how to make sense of it all? Businesses, social entrepreneurs and "edupunks," envisioning a tuition-free world untethered by classrooms, have created Web sites to help navigate the mind-boggling volume of content. Some sites tweak traditional pedagogy; others aggregate, Hulu-style.

This Web provides: l A review of the past 30 years of key research findings on the importance of involving families in their children's learning. l Examples of family involvement efforts that are working. l Concrete ways in which different participants in the family involvement partnership can help achieve success. Links within this document will bring you to: l The seven (7) chapters of Strong Families, Strong Schools. l The reference list of Strong Families, Strong Schools, where you will find additional links to ERIC abstracts. l Other Web sites related to families and family involvement in education.

A Teacher in Florida by Jamee Cagle Miller 2009 Seminole County Teacher of the Year This poem has reached the office of a Senator and may be read at the next voting of the bill (if it gets back to the senate). It is in the hands of the Orlando Sentinal and could be published there. She wrote the words many of us want to shout out:-)

Opinion article regarding school reform and how "instructional mismanagement" is often the elephant in the room.