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The site provides curricular resources, digital text books, along with assessment services any teacher will find useful.

IDEA was originally enacted by Congress in 1975 to ensure that children with disabilities have the opportunity to receive a free appropriate public education, just like other children.  The law has been revised many times over the years. The most recent amendments were passed by Congress in December 2004, with final regulations published in August 2006 (Part B for school-aged children) and in September 2011 (Part C, for babies and toddlers). So, in one sense, the law is very new, even as it has a long, detailed, and powerful history.

Eliminating dead time starts with creating an arsenal of routines and activities

physical activities that help kids unleash pent-up energy, while others create private thinking time that encourages reflection

Developing these activities initially takes time

The Six Ts of Effective Elementary Literacy Instruction

We studied teachers found to be particularly effective in developing reading and writing proficiency. Over the course of the study, however, it became clear that the teachers we were studying developed academic proficiencies well beyond higher reading and writing achievement test scores (though the evidence we gathered did demonstrate that these teachers did produce significantly better standardized test performances as a matter of course).

Five basic principles fairly and accurately represent how Montessori educators implement the Montessori method in many kinds of programs across the United States. These principles include: 1. respect for the child, 2. the absorbent mind, 3. sensitive periods, 4. the prepared environment, and 5. autoeducation

I introduce Kidspiration with my students by creating an image map

using information about Disneyland. Since Disneyland is only 30 minutes

away from us, most of the kids have been there and can recall information