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Looking for Mission/Vision Statement Examples Hi All - I'm preparing for a slew of workshops I'm conducting over the course of the next few months with independent and charter schools… Started by Lucy Gray	2	Jun 17, 2011 Reply by Lucy Gray
How educators shoot themselves in the foot...or Things that Erase the Joy from Learning This morning I was watching my kids--girl, 10, and boy,8--play with the two guinea pigs they got for Christmas. They had received these aft… Started by Mark Crotty	27	Sep 14, 2010 Reply by Shelly Durling
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	79	Jul 25, 2010 Reply by Simon Jeynes
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 Y… Started by Jamie Britto	15	Jun 15, 2010 Reply by John Faig
What standardized tests are independent schools using for 9th graders? I teach at a Pre-K through 9 school in North Carolina. Currently, all students in grades 3-9 take a standardized test designed by ERB and t… Started by Patricia S. McRae "Trish"	0	May 7, 2010
The Danger of the Internet's Hive Mentality Dear Colleagues, The article, Individual Knowledge in the Internet Age, by Larry Sanger (co-founder of Wikipedia) bears reading by all of u… Started by Demetri Orlando	9	Apr 26, 2010 Reply by Derrel Fincher
Mt. Holyoke Grads? New York Times Article on Teaching Philosophy to Second Graders http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/education/edlife/18philosophy-t.html?scp=1&sq=philosophy%20holyoke&st=cse "A few times each month… Started by Lisa Eckstrom	0	Apr 18, 2010
Questioning techniques and Advance Organizers I have two basic topics I wanted to share ideas with people on:1. When asking higher-order thinking questions, what do you think is an appr… Started by Ryan LP Coenen	1	Jan 26, 2010 Reply by Laurie Bartels
Should AP courses continue to have a place in independent schools? I currently teach AP US History, and I have reservations about continuing to condone this practice which sacrifices depth of knowledge for… Started by Terri Maultsby	0	Jan 26, 2010
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 specifically,… Started by Jay Lin	0	Jul 9, 2009