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Jay Lin

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
David Downing

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
Peter Gow

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
Fred Bartels

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
Lorri Carroll

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
Buck Johnson

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
Karen Douse

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
Jamie Britto

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
Jamie Britto

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
Sarah Hanawald

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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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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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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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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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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