Alysha on September 11th, 2009

As my student was delivering a speech on behalf of the council of Croatia debating on the resolution of the question of the United Nations’ intervention on terrorism and purporting that reprocussions do not stop terrorism, aid and education do– I felt tremendous pride to be working in a school that teachers him these values.
UNYA’s [...]

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Alysha on May 16th, 2009

I was just looking at the Poll Results that are coming in this week on the latest poll “Best Classroom Management Practice is managed by…”.
Initially, I was actually surprised that the “5 years of more Experience” is rivaling “school leadership” in a neck-to-neck tie. I put in my vote (had to tip that little baby [...]

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Alysha on December 9th, 2008

There are five kinds of teachers. Did anyone tell you?
A senior colleague once told me that there are five kinds of students. He figured there were basically five different report cards one could write about any group of kids.
I take report writing seriously enough that I write them all in Word first about each student. [...]

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If you have colleagues who are ready to give up on the laptop program at your school–you need to try this software!
I went to a PD on it last year, and it was great! DyKnow is the most classroom-friendly program I have seen so far.
 
 I’m going to write all the reasons why you might benefit from investigating its [...]

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