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Teaching Profession
Math Teacher's Lacrosse Points Seriously Add Up
Obscure but interesting factoid alert: Did you know that the highest scoring player in the history of professional indoor lacrosse is high school math teacher?
School & District Management
Amazon T.V. Pilot Shoots for the Hungover Teacher Demographic
In "Those Who Can't," a new comedy pilot from Amazon, three high school teachers face a common foe: a high school lacrosse player.
Teaching Profession
Art Teachers Celebrate Earth Day
Happy Earth Day! Today is a day when many science and environmental teachers plan creative activities for their students that often extend beyond the classroom. But did you know that art teachers are getting involved as well? Here are a few of the ways that schools used art classes to increase awareness of the environment.
Science
Robot Competition Founder Named Nat. Teacher of the Year
The Council of Chief State School Officers today announced Jeff Charbonneau, a high school science teacher in Washington state, as the 2013 National Teacher of the Year.
Science
Researcher: Math and Science Teachers Should Get Higher Pay
New research from the Brookings Institution provides empirical backing for the widely held notion that that math and science teachers can generally find higher paying jobs outside of education.
Teaching Profession
Teacher Tells Students to Take Nazi Viewpoint
Here's the latest in homework-assignment mishaps: A 10th grade English teacher in Albany, N.Y., asked her students to write an essay from the point of view of a Nazi and to argue that "Jews are evil," according to The New York Times.
School Climate & Safety
Talking to Kids About Boston and Bombs
Just 24 hours ago, two bombs went off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people, including an 8-year-old boy, and injuring some 170 more. There's also a good chance you'll need to address this horrifying event--which has been documented through vivid and often gruesome images--with your students.
School Climate & Safety
Hybrid Teaching Jobs Attract Applicants
The group Public Impact is helping bring alternative staffing models to life in Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Weekend Read: Teaching Students Self-Control
In the Washington Post Magazine, Andrew Reiner offers a sweeping look at the disparate approaches schools have taken in their attempts to teach students self-control, which many studies have shown has an impressive correlation to later success in life.
Teaching
Big Brother in a Textbook?
A new technology program allows instructors to track their students' reading progress in digital textbooks.
College & Workforce Readiness
Will Online Learning Limit Students' Creative Potential?
As more districts and schools move to blended- and online-learning models, will students collaborate less, and thus be less innovative?
Mathematics
Taking Math Anxiety Out of Science
In a fascinating Wall Street Journal article—a must-read for science teachers—legendary Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson seeks to dispel the notion that students need to be advanced in mathematics to pursue scientific interests. "Many of the most successful scientists in the world today," he divulges, "are mathematically no more than semiliterate."
Standards & Accountability
A Teacher's 'If' Poem for Her Students
In honor of National Poetry Month (and Friday .... whew, it's Friday!), we felt compelled to pass along a poem that a teacher sent to us.