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All of my classroom teaching experience took place in fully inclusive school settings. As a teacher intern in England, I taught at a primary school that specialized in including students with hearing impairments in the general education classroom. My first head teacher position was at a rural school in Frederick County, Maryland where I taught read more…
Before she was a psychology professor, Angela Duckworth taught math in middle school and high school. She spent a lot of time thinking about something that might seem obvious: The students who tried hardest did the best, and the students who didn’t try very hard didn’t do very well. Duckworth wanted to know: What is the role read more…
Last Thursday, Brian Williams spoke to Dave Levin, Co-Founder of Kipp Charter Schools, and Dominic Randolph, Head of School at Riverdale Country School, about the return of the virtue GRIT, the combination of perseverance and resilience. Are you teaching these virtues in your classroom and at home?
While attending a human development class this summer, I came across two articles that left me wondering about the significance of same sex schools. Prior to reading these articles, I would have considered myself strongly in favor of coed schools, but now I am not so sure. The first article was titled “The Gender Divide,” read more…
Choosing the right middle school in New York City can be a daunting task, but My Learning Springboard can help. We offer admissions consultation, test preparation programs, private tutoring and much more to help make the transition from elementary to middle school a manageable one. InsideSchools.com posted the blog below in response to the test score read more…
Public school pre-kindergarten admissions results were distributed to families this week by mail and email. Pre-Registration Period If you received a pre-kindergarten offer, the pre-registration period is from June 12 through June 22, 2012. For a list of documents required for pre-registration, please consult your offer letter. Other Pre-Kindergarten Program Options If you did not read more…
Dr. Tony Wagner, co-director of Harvard’s Change Leadership Group has identified what he calls a “global achievement gap,” which is the leap between what even our best schools are teaching, and the must-have skills of the future. The presentation below was given at the Asia Society in 2009. Dr. Wagner quotes Albert Einstein who says, read more…
Teach.com was featured in this month’s newsletter for the Association of American Educators. Launched by the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education, Teach.com promotes teaching as a profession and helps candidates to enter the field or move between states. On this site, current and aspiring educators can easily navigate the requirements in all read more…
Over the past few years there have been a number of zoning changes that have been inaccurately accounted for by the DoE and even NYC.gov, making accurate information about public school zoning a challenge to comprehend and verify. Thanks to the team at Mommypoppins.com, these zoning changes have been clarified. Click here to review updated read more…
Gender gaps widen a bit among teachers Blog Post from Education Week By Sarah D. Sparks The economic downturn seems to have worsened an already-vast gap between the numbers of men and women teachers, particularly in the early grades. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ 2011 Current Population Survey, men make up only 18.3 read more…
As the saying goes, “children are the future”—but is there a way to predict what that future will look like? The children of today roughly fall under the category of “Generation Z”, those born from around the late 90’s to the early 2000’s (approximately 1994-2004). Educators at the Emerging Leaders Forum in Raleigh, NC this read more…
The Parents League of New York announces its Kindergarten Admissions Fair scheduled for Tuesday, April 17. The event will take place at Grace Church School, 86 Fourth Avenue (between 11th & 12th Streets). The fair is open to the public and no RSVP is required. Event Schedule: Independent School Kindergarten Fair, 4:30 – 6:15 pm Admissions representatives from Parents League read more…
