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Article to create a successful open house. In my school parent invovlement is a target area as a part of school improvement - so this was good for me and to share with staff to increase parent involvement

Forty themed groupings of tips to help teachers who are tech savvy -- and those who are tech phobic -- make valuable use of the technology in their classrooms. Whether you want to improve your searching skills, make use of common programs, or create valuable lessons, you will find easy-to-use tips here.

Teachers often come from vastly different social and economic classes than their students, which can lead to culture clashes in the classroom. A book by Dr. Ruby K. Payne helps educators understand low-income students, and discusses ways to improve their learning. Included: Tips for making lessons relevant to students from all social classes.

Cereal and soup labels are the recipe for improved skills in an event called "Math Off the Shelf." Angie Rabie, a Title I ESL parent involvement facilitator at Langley Elementary School in Hampton, Virginia, uses the program to teach parents how they can make the most of "teachable moments" in supermarkets and at home in the kitchen. Amber Nelson

Are you willing to openly question your practices and test research-based techniques to improve your instruction?

This site gives tips on how to connect classroom read alouds to standards.

Here's a list of ideas for making every read-aloud count, while assuring your principal that you are focused on meeting standards.

This is one in a series of articles that Cathy Puett Miller writes giving practical suggestion on how to get read alouds to cover the "standards"