WOW - treat teachers with respect, train them well and pay them what they're worth without bashing them publicly - what a concept! Great opinion article about how other countries treat teachers and find student success.
Go to the 6:00 minute mark and listen to what teachers are doing to "Flip" the classroom. I recently saw an article about Bullis school doing this same thing. A VERY interesting idea - one that would work great with... oh say ... iTouch or iPad mobile devices? BYOT
VERY COOL tool to get a human-readable version of the Google Calenar in Word. Many teachers are starting to use Google Calendar embedded in their web pages but Google truncates the events after so many are added. This tool will expand the box for any day that has multiple events added.
Storybird is a collaborative storytelling tool. Two or more people create their stories by writing the text and adding pictures. You can share it with others.
To improve its public schools, the United States should raise the status of the teaching profession by recruiting more qualified candidates, training them better and paying them more, according to a new report on comparative educational systems.