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Can We Live Without Facebook, Twitter, or Blogs?

9 months ago by MBurnside |2 Comments|302 Views
I know that it is ironic that writing this and sharing it on a social network, but after reading the statistics I was a bit dumbfounded by the numbers.... more
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Education: Land of the Giant Bimbos

9 months ago by BruceDPrice |16 Comments|445 Views
The Most Revealing Education Anecdote Ever, that's the topic for today's rant.In researching why American public schools sank into mediocrity, I've... more
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Teachers College - Teaching Reading

9 months ago by Christine |5 Comments|343 Views
Teachers College Reading and Writing Workshop by Lucy Calkins is nothing but a repackaging of the FAILED Whole Language Method. A great saleswoman,... more
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Smart Teachers in Stupid Schools

9 months ago by Christine |28 Comments|1,518 Views
Smart Teachers in Stupid Schools By Christine D'Amico, MA Elementary Ed I'm sitting in yet another... more
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Melissa Gilbert and Will Smith Should Take This Advice

9 months ago by MBurnside |1 Comment|505 Views
With the recent announcement by Melissa Gilbert that she and her husband Bruce Boxleitner are divorcing after 16 years and the Will Smith and his... more
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A Teacher Prays

8 months ago by Christine |2 Comments|260 Views
As long as there are kids in the classrooms, teachers will pray, here is an excerpt from a prayer book I began writing years ago. 1. Lord, help me... more
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The "Beauty" of Legalizing Drugs

8 months ago by Truthbrary |7 Comments|433 Views
They say a picture is worth a thousand words... what is an ugly picture worth? I was watching a "before and after" YouTube video on the effects of... more
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Cold of Ethics

8 months ago by Truthbrary |16 Comments|603 Views
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the... more
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Children of a Heartbreaking Society and Economy

8 months ago by sunny2 |47 Comments|320 Views
More important than us, who is left for our children to look up to?Once upon a time, children could keep their time of innocence and childhood dreams.... more
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The price of school uniforms

8 months ago by Ddraig |33 Comments|671 Views
I am a mother of four children, three are school age. I have never ever liked the school uniform anyway, even when I was at school. When I put across... more
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