Teacher Resources

1. Help students become all that they can become


2. Help teachers become all that they can become


3. Reform the educational system so that it begins to support #1 and #2


4. Prompt the political system to change the educational system to a system that is more effective

Classroom Toolkit also focuses on these goals.

Visit Edutopia™

This summer is a perfect time to revisit Edutopia™ and participate in their "free" professional development

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Of course, nothing is really "free."

Professional develop "costs" your time. Professional develop also "costs" whatever it costs when the time spent in professional development takes away from other benefits. (This is called, "Opportunity cost.") During the summer, you could be drawn away from family time, restful activities, and leisure-time pursuits.

The ideal is for the time that is spent in professional development to at least "pay back" more than it costs (in both time and money). Even better, is a "leveraged" payoff. If you engage in the right kind of professional development (strategic, focused on streamlined procedures that maximize results, i.e., improved student performance outcomes), then you get back more (multiples of time savings, multiples of effectiveness) than you invest.

It is amazing that school district administrators and executive decision-makers fail to comprehend this simple concept.

What Edutopia™ Offers

The free professional development resources offered by Edutopia™ include:

• Articles
• What's Working in K-12 Schools
• Interviews
• Professional Development Actions that You can Take


• Links to Professional Development Options

Student-Centered Education

Edutopia™ targets education exactly where school district administrator, politicians, and "the general public" should be focusing their efforts.

The editors at Edutopia™ demonstrate a knowledge that the energy and creativity of our students motivates achievement if we facilitate students' own interests and if we expand students' life experiences.

There is nothing fake or artificial about the dynamic relationship between teachers and students when students are engaged, when students are working on projects that the students perceive to be real-world, beneficial, crucial to the people that live on our planet.

What a far cry from the sterile, stagnant, antiseptic environment that a focus upon high-stakes tests creates.

The Choice is Clear: Focus upon Students or Focus upon Tests

So, during your summer, take advantage of the free professional development resources at Edutopia™

Next year, both you and your students will be glad that you did.