Recently added articles from American Teacher:
Changing the narrative
Dec 01, 2009; ... I HAVE VISITED with teachers in countless classrooms across America. I've been awed by teachers who compete with poverty every day- not only teaching but tending to their students who need nourishment for their bodies as well as for their minds. I've been in classrooms full of students from ...
Union-school district collaboration yields progress on all fronts
Dec 01, 2009; ... New Haven teachers rally behind landmark contract BY A LANDSLIDE vote of 842-39, teachers in New Haven, Conn., ratified a new contract that builds wages, benefits and the groundwork for a breakout model of urban school reform - one that keeps the teacher's voice in all key ...
TEACHERS AND THEIR UNIONS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM
Dec 01, 2009; ... EDUCATION SECRETARY ARNE DUNCAN this fall called for an end to the demonization of teachers and their unions. "We have thousands of terrific schools with union teachers and thousands of underperforming schools without them," Duncan pointed out in a Nov. 9 address on education to the U.S ....
Should educators end in-school fundraising?
Dec 01, 2009; ... YES It's cut-and-dried K-12 commercialism BY ELLY SCHULL MEEKS KIDS ARE TAKEN out of class to tour the book fair so they can make wish lists of what to ask their parents to buy them, and lessons are deferred for the magazinedrive assemblies that pump up students to sell ...
Social skills: Help your students crack the code
Dec 01, 2009; ... WITH THE DISTRACTIONS of the holidays coming right up, it's more important than ever to reinforce what type of behavior you expect from your students. You probably already have standards and procedures in place to prevent misbehavior, but some students may need more pointed instruction in how to ...