Classroom Toolkit Newsletter

"Fail to the Chief": Neither Candidate gets NCLB

After eight years of failed education policy, two candidates vie for the title as "Your Education President for Change."

How to Talk to the IT "Guy or Gal": Pay Exquisite Attention to Detail

Most modern teachers have to talk to the IT Guy or Gal to get equipment repaired, to get software installed or configured, or to get network resources connected.

Recess: Academic Time-Waster, NOT!

Recess may become a casualty of "teach to the test" initiatives in some schools, and a casualty of buget-cramped four-day school weeks in other districts.

C-SPAN Classroom

Election season brings interest in all things political.

But finding (and trusting) unbiased, un-slanted, un-spun reporting from modern mass media outlets? You be the judge.

Online Newspaper Services for Kids

The election presents a chance for students to learn from newspapers and primary sources.

Rapport Building: How Personal can your Professional Persona Be?

Rapport is the degree that you are in harmony with the people around you. For teachers, building rapport with students is crucial.

Manage your Principal for a Positive and Productive Campus

Teachers are subjected to the "Chain of Command" and evaluated as effective teachers when they follow orders…especially the orders of the campus principal that supervises them.

The Twelve Worst Planning Practices

Planning is the most important "non-outcome, non-output, non-urgent, non-teaching" task that you can perform.

The Art of Teaching is about Art

Art and creative expression are central to competent, resourceful and enlightened teaching.