The changing landscape of our world that forces new thinking

The Department of Education reports that between 1994 and 2004, the number of English language learners (ELLs) increased in the United States by 65 percent. With the U.S. Census projecting the country’s population to swell to over 415 million by 2050, the number of ELLs will rise.

Young son of Birmingham Radio Host Rick Burgess Drowns

Young Son Of Birmingham Radio Host Drowns In Swimming Pool

Sunday, Jan 20, 2008 – 07:32 PM 

By Associated Press

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – The 2-year-old son of a popular Birmingham radio personality has drowned in a residential swimming pool in Shelby County.In a statement, Sheriff Chris Curry says the child, William Bronner Burgess, the youngest son of [...]

Young son of Birmingham Radio Host Rick Burgess Drowns

Young Son Of Birmingham Radio Host Drowns In Swimming Pool

Sunday, Jan 20, 2008 – 07:32 PM 

By Associated Press

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – The 2-year-old son of a popular Birmingham radio personality has drowned in a residential swimming pool in Shelby County.
In a statement, Sheriff Chris Curry says the child, William Bronner Burgess, the youngest son of [...]

Its not the number or words that you use but which ones you use…

We use words and phrases without realizing what we saying many times…how many cliches do you use? Or how many “buzz” words do you use which have long ago lost their effectiveness and meaning? Today’s post is short with the point of allowing the words to penetrate the grey matter between our ears. Notice that [...]

Bullying is no longer something that will just go away…

Local

Parents blame bullying for Mo. fifth-grader’s suicide
By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER, The Associated Press
2008-01-15 18:10:33.0
Current rank: # 479 of 8,228
LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. -The bedroom bears the telltale signs of a typical boy on the cusp of his teen years: discarded food wrappers, video game consoles, clothes scattered on the floor.
The disarray hides tragedy inside the suburban [...]

Do we prepare kids for college or for life?

January 16, 2008

The College Question

Is our K-12 education system too focused on preparing all kids for college, at the expense of preparing them for life?  This basic question has been setting the edusphere ablaze recently.At A Place at the Table, Susan Graham’s blog at Teacher Magazine, Graham asks “Have we all been part of a [...]

Technology in the Classroom

Education Week
ICT Competency Standards for Teachers
If teachers around the world do not take part in more professional-development training in information and communication technologies, or ICT, they will continue to lack the skills necessary to integrate technology into the classroom and improve student learning, concludes a report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization [...]

Achievement…can it be achieved?

The Nature of Time
by Robert Stuberg
Well, to begin with, time, as we think about it, doesn’t even really exist. We think of weeks and hours and minutes and seconds, but these are completely human inventions. Days and years can be scientifically measured, of course, but these concepts as they’re familiar to us would mean nothing [...]