On the heels of American Graduate Day, we’re airing a Frontline special called Drop out Nation. This programming is part of our continuing commitment to help teachers keep students in school...
Over the summer we learned an unsettling statistic: the Georgia high school graduation rate is lower than first reported. Because of a new federal reporting formula, the state’s graduation went from...
Heather Neal - Friday, September 21, 2012 - 9:10am
Pinterest strikes again! Yet again I found something fun, easy, and exciting on Pinterest. This time, it wasn’t a recipe or a fall craft activity, though. I found a quick, simple, easy tutorial on...
The Cat in the Hat can teach pre-school and early elementary kids math in a fun way that employs technology. How? Through a new set of online, mobile-friendly whiteboard games focused on cultivating...
Heather Neal - Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 8:02am
Concentrating again on resources for bringing technology into school Physical Education programs, we want to share three online programs to support and track student (and anyone, really) progress....
Yun Mi Park - Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 3:15pm
A few weeks back, a colleague of mine passed along some information around TOHL. It seemed interesting enough, but when I learned more about the water mobilization project, I knew I had to share its...
Death and the Civil War, the new American Experience documentary that airs tonight at 8 p.m., covers the conflict from a more gruesome perspective: death. Dealing with war and death is difficult....
Heather Neal - Monday, September 17, 2012 - 8:39am
If you're spending time on on the Constitutional Convention of 1787 with your students this week, we have found a wealth of content for you. Rosemary listed Five Ways to Teach Constitution Day with...
Constitution Day is considered the birthday of the United States government. On September 17, 1787, delegates to the Constitutional Convention gathered and signed the the U.S. constitution....