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.

Developing Confidence…

Gradually Increase Your Confidence
by Hani Al-Qasem

Many of us generally feel great, relieved and grateful when we leave the past behind, where we gladly and happily approach and enter a new year.
We tend to look at the beginning of a new year as a new era, as an opportunity for us to recoup and regenerate, an [...]

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 [...]

Carew International…ideas that can be implemented in any vocation or area of life…don’t paint yourself in a box…

Have you heard of Carew International ? http://www.carew.com/ Bringing you only the best resources to take a new step forward and provide opportunities… The Difference The other day, I ran across this quote: “The difference between genius and stupidity, is that genius has its limits……” I loved the quote, as all of us have experienced [...]

20 years of experience or 20 years of the same experience?

…Its not what you go through its how you go through it…

What a spin on words but is it a “spin” or is it truth in its simplest form? We moan and groan many times about the things that daily we grow through but really does going through something mean that we have learned or [...]

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 [...]

20 years of experience or 20 years of the same experience?

…Its not what you go through its how you go through it…

What a spin on words but is it a “spin” or is it truth in its simplest form? We moan and groan many times about the things that daily we grow through but really does going through something mean that we have learned or [...]

A new way to help education…

 Below is a possibility from a reputable source of training for those that are looking for ways not just to prosper financially but to also be a change agent in our schools across the country…some think the only way to help our schools is through being an administrator or teacher but this is another way below….don't rule [...]