To Homeschool or Not To Homeschool- What are my Questions?

July 23, 2012 in Parent Involvement

Homeschooling programs have definite upsides and considerable downsides. If you are a parent and looking into a homeschooling program, there are several factors to consider and it is not a
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Teaching students to solve reading problems.

July 16, 2012 in Comprehension, Reading

Schema, prior knowledge, background knowledge. Whatever you call it, how do we get students to use it to solve reading problems? What do our minds do when we read? As
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Flipped Classroom a Flopped Idea?

July 9, 2012 in For Educators, In the Classroom

We all know the flip-flop has a bad reputation (and I mean in a political sense), so is “flipping the classroom” a flop? Don’t get me wrong – from what
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Retaining Personnel for Program Sustainability

July 2, 2012 in After School Program, Family Literacy

Our Family Literacy program is funded with Title III funds, to support the parents of English language learners. We have daytime and evening English classes for parents, using the limited
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