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KENTUCKY DEVELOPS STANDARDS-BASED REPORT CARDS A group of teachers, school leaders, and education researchers create report cards that link course grades to student progress on mastering state standards. By Thomas R. Guskey, Gerry M. Swan, and Lee Ann Jung

Updated link...excellent graphic!

"The staff at TeachThought have compiled an amazingly comprehensive list featuring 60 different ways to incorporate the social media power of Twitter in the classroom. To make it even easier, the links are organized into separate categories. Explore, learn, and have fun Tweeting!"

Several useful links and resources for middle level educators

The Exeter Mathematics Institute courses are tailored and designed for the needs of each school district. These sample course descriptions are examples of courses that have been offered in various school districts over the years. In most of these courses, we use the same Exeter Mathematics Problem Sets that are used during the Exeter school year. In the Geometer's Sketchpad course and in all of the hands-on courses, we use materials that have been specifically developed by Exeter Math Institute instructors. All of these materials are available using the links below

This morning, Jal Mehta tagged me on a tweet to linking to his recent Education Week blog post, entitled “Let’s End Professional Development as We Know It.” The following exchange…

Playing Simon Says in a math class to help with vocabulary.