Efficiently Rearrange the Classroom for Cooperative Learning
Here's a strategy for rearranging the classroom for various groupings as well as an exercise for the students to expend energy and learn how to work quickly and quietly:
General Education or Special Education and Response to Intervention
After co-teaching in inclusive classrooms and witnessing the benefits of inclusion done well in schools and school districts around the country, I am convinced that most students achieve more in the general classroom with an environment of excellent teaching. The trend towards tracking students in leveled classes based on test scores and ability has not been validated by credible research over time. The research on tracking/leveling is about as inconclusive and controversial as the research on homework. Find a study that claims students perform best in leveled classes and there's another one that states that students perform better in heterogeneous classes. Read how four schools faced the challenge of implementing RTI
An Open Letter to Ann Coulter about the R-word
Special Olympics Athlete John Franklin Stephens writes An Open Letter to Ann Coulter about the R-word
My daughter’s Engineering Mind-map Wall
College mechanical engineering student uses mind-map wall to get A's in school. Her mom writes, " I have no idea what it all means, but I do know it helped her to get an A in the course. "
A Safe Way for Students to Share How They Learn Best
His behavior was disruptive and consequently he was frequently removed from class. I was brought in to review his files and create a complete profile and recommendations. After striking up a conversation with this young man, I told him that I would be talking with his teachers. I asked, "If there was one thing that you'd want me to tell your teachers, something that might help you, what would it be?" Without hesitation he replied...