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IB vs. AP May I ask this community for any information one might know in terms of a comparative analysis of IB Vs. AP curriculum? More specificall... Started by Jay Lin	0	Jul 9
Collaboration With Other Teachers Our school is set to do an institute on collaboration at the end of this month. (If you are interested in coming, let me know.) What hav... Started by David Downing	0	Jun 12
LOOKING FOR MISSION STATEMENT SKEPTICS I just posted this query on a couple of listservs, and so I apologize for the duplication. This is really a media query, but I hope that... Started by Peter Gow	0	Jun 6
Starting a Virtual Independent School The "Disrupting Class" discussion has led some of us to seriously consider the possibility of creating a virtual independent school (VIS)... Started by Fred Bartels	78	Apr 11 Reply by Hadley Ferguson
Informality of Email Lately, many of the emails I am receiving from students lack any formality. It is driving me crazy! I don't like being addressed as "Hey"... Started by Lorri Carroll	8	Feb 17 Reply by Andrew Holmgren
Math Tracking At what grade should we begin to track children in math? I'd appreciate feedback from math teachers and administrators from schools who b... Started by Buck Johnson	9	Feb 17 Reply by Deborah
Appropriateness of email signature lines Do any of you have specific policies with regard to what is and is not appropriate for email signature lines for students and faculty? We... Started by Karen Douse	0	Feb 2
Case Study of Successful Online Campuses David Colon shared this article with me. It studies university attempts to run online programs and has advice on what to do and what do a... Started by Jamie Britto	0	Jan 7
Educational Outcome = Community + Student + Teacher Inspired by the discussion on Disrupting Class, I've tried out some online classes as a student. I started with a number of lectures from... Started by Jamie Britto	11	Jan 5 Reply by Susan Carter Morgan
Brain Based Education Has anyone who has been doing work in the area of brain based education heard of Daniel Willingham? He's a neuroscientist at the Universi... Started by Sarah Hanawald	5	Sep. 5, 2008 Reply by Laurie Bartels

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http://mediatedcultures.net/ksudigg/?p=179 This is interesting as well

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Hi Susan ~ I Twitter and I love my PLN on Twitter! I get teaching ideas daily, and I feel like I miss out on great discussion if I am away from Twitter for more than a few days. My Twitter name is BJacketsfan.

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Thanks Sarah, I agree with you - what I really want to say is that the 1-1 will enhance and improve our already high quality teaching and that it is part of the "life long learner" that is in our mission statement. And then I'm done. However, o...

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Margaret_Haviland replied to Margaret_Haviland's discussion 'Math in Focus (Singapore Math for the US)' in the group Math Teachers

Dear Cassandra, Thanks for the help. I have visited the Primary Mathematics series website and sent an email to their school contact email address. If I don't hear something soon I will send you an email request for your rep.

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Philosophy of Ind. School Teaching?

Do any of your schools have a philosophy statement re: what it means to be a faculty member at an independent school, especially a day school (e.g. teaching takes place beyond the classroom, faculty expected to be involved in the whole life of the...

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