Students use WOW for Canterbury Tales project

Click here to see an awesome project wherein students used WOW (World of Warcraft) for a Canterbury Tales project.

Phases of the Moon Rap Song

Click here to read a cute rap song to help students memorize the phases of the moon.

Democracy

One of my favorite poems, written by Langston Hughes:

Democracy.

Corporal punishment at school

Click here and here to read two articles re: the use of corporal punishment in schools.

Click here to read about how corporal punishment is being revived in Temple, Texas.

Texas school board rewrites social studies curriculum

Click here to read an editorial re: the way the Texas State Board of Education has re-written the state social studies curriculum.

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Doll Study

Click here to read several articles re: children and their perceptions/attitudes towards race.

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10 Grammar Mistakes that Make You Look Stupid

Click here for a list of 10 grammar mistakes to avoid in writing/speech.

Teachers, texting, & social networking

Click here to read an article re: teachers & social working.

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Playing to Learn

Click here to read an interesting article re: school reform.

Tips on using gender neutral language

Click here for a quick tips sheet re: using gender neutral language.

Stages of Second Language Acquisition

Great link with info re: the stages of SLA (second language acquisition).

The Myth of the "Gay Lifestyle"

Click here to read a great piece re: the myth of the "gay lifestyle."

Bullying

Click here to read an article about a victim of unrelenting bullying.

School lunches

Click here to read an article about the history of school lunches.

Using iPod nanos in the classroom

Click here to read an article about students using iPod nanos in the classroom.

Kids protest budget cuts in California

Click here to watch a video about how a teacher asked students to write letters to Governor Schwarzenegger to protest budget cuts that would negatively impact their school.

Building a better teacher

Click here to read an article about improving teacher quality.

Multiracial no longer boxed in by the census

Click here to read a story about the racial option available in the 2010 census.

No school prom, but lesbian's right violated

Click here to read an article about a lesbian student who wanted to attend prom with her girlfriend.

LA middle school, students struggle under budget cuts

Click here to read an article about budget cuts in education in LA.

Intelligent Design and Schools

Click here to read/listen to an article re: intelligent design in schools.

Schools and the pegagogy of punishment

Click here to read an article about schools and the "pegagogy of punishment."

Model schools in Detroit

Click here to watch a video re: school reform in Detroit.

West Brain, East Brain: What a difference culture makes

Click here to read an article about the way culture influences the way we think.

A new Jim Crow? The tragedy of America's jails

Click here to read an article about race and the prison system.

The Dream is Not Fulfilled

Click here to read an article about why we still need Black History Month.

Arrested for Doodling??

Click here to read an article about students getting arrested for doodling in school and other ridiculous zero-tolerance policy consequences.

Two year high schools?

Click here to read an article about a proposal to allow high school students to finish in two years and go straight into community college.

Suspicious test scores widespread in Georgia

Click here to read an article about standardized test scores in Georgia:

http://www.ajc.com/news/suspicious-test-scores-widespread-296490.html