Passion For Learning - August 3, 2012 - 1:04pm
It’s estimated that teachers spend more than $1.33 billion of their own money on school supplies. That’s according to an article in the Journal. Like the parents who are scouring for back to school...
Passion For Learning - August 2, 2012 - 10:51am
In an earlier post, Heather Neal talked about using Pinterest to organize what you like on the internet, particularly subjects dealing with the Common Core. (By the way, if you are not on Pinterest...
Passion For Learning - August 1, 2012 - 1:27pm
It’s a scenario that teachers face all the time: a new student comes from another school. How did that student perform in his or her former school? Is that student ESL? How did he or she fare on...
Passion For Learning - July 29, 2012 - 2:58pm
In addition to new classrooms, students and new staff members, teachers in Georgia have another “new” “new” to adapt to: the Common Core Georgia Performance standards. These standards emphasize...
Passion For Learning - July 27, 2012 - 3:20pm
The London Olympics are underway and the games offer several teachable moments. Not just the standard history lesson on ancient Greece or the games themselves, but in English and Math .
Here is a...