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Questions are important because they help us create a framework for understanding and discovery, whereas answers are (at most) temporary fixes to our problems. Both questions and answers must be updated over time as things […]

Motivation is a foundation block that often gets pushed aside because it doesn’t mesh with our teacher’s or supervisor’s vision of management. In his new blog post, Chase Mielke focuses on 6 ways we all […]

Many people now take probiotics in an effort to balance the critically important mixture of bacteria living in their bodies. Probiotics are generally safe for children, and usually have few side effects, although there are […]

Teachers often conduct a self-inventory as one school year ends and before another one begins. An important question they should ask themselves is what their weakest area of classroom management was over the past school […]

Teachers complain about their lives, and their students, in copy and break rooms across the country. Teaching is hard work and complaining can become second nature. Complaining about students is toxic. It easily leads to […]

The National Education Association (NEA) is now recruiting teachers onto their creative team to help determine how schools across the nation should be designed, and which curriculums should be put into place. It is only […]

Genetics, diet, and physical activity all play an active roll in ensuring that our kids don’t face childhood obesity. There are several ways that you can implement healthy behaviors within your home in order to […]

The curriculum associated with year six has been known to include some daunting material, but a new game called, “Lost Pens” is reinventing the way that students engage in literacy learning. Students are put to the test in epic battles where they fight monsters with their writing and literacy skills.