Across the country, innovative steps to end schoolyard killings As the last bullet ricocheted through the latest schoolyard this spring, parents and teachers across the country were feeling helpless against the onslaught of violence that suddenly swept through suburban education. How can you protect innocent children at a time when American households still have more… Read more »
If it had been a plane crash rather than a school shooting that took the lives of two students in Springfield, Ore., the federal government would have sent teams of experts to dissect the incident to prevent it from happening again. It’s time to give the same attention to school violence, a national safety expert… Read more »
Dear Families, Last month all the students completed “Respect Check-Ups” in class. The Check-Up is a questionnaire with ten areas of Respect listed. The students evaluated themselves and then had a classmate and the teacher rate them. They were asked to decide whether they demonstrated the various respectful behaviors consistently, sometimes, or never. In the… Read more »
Why is it that when people ask me what age group I teach, they always seem to cringe when I respond? Besides the bewildered facial expressions, I getcomments like, “You are a saint”, “How do you deal with all of those raging hormones?”, “You must be crazy”. You see, I am currently teaching 9th and10th… Read more »
Bob is a Minister in the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas Isn’t it great when we recognize some potential in children or students? We can see that they have an ability to write or communicate well. Maybe we see a knack for understanding math, or the sciences just seem to come easily, or maybe… Read more »
A Reading List The Bridge Dancers – C. Saller – Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, Inc., 1991 Call It Courage – A. Sperry – New York: Macmillan (Collier Books), 1978 The Courage of Sarah Noble – A. Dalgliesh – New York: Scribner’s & Sons, 1954 El Chino – A. Say – Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1990 The… Read more »
CHARLOTTE — Student assaults and threats against school employees surged by almost 60 percent in North Carolina over the past three years, and some teachers say it’s time to fight back. Teachers say they’ve become frightened of some of the children they are supposed to serve: a small population of angry and defiant students, habitual… Read more »
Poor me-Nobody likes Me-I can’t do anything right-Why am I always the one that did it?-Might as well not try it never works anyway! Contributors 1. Adults who accuse and excuse childs behavior. 2. Adults who are too Restrictive or Permissive. 3. Adults who fail to help children discover their gifts and purpose! 4. Adults… Read more »
Cheating is so widespread among high school students that it has become almost as traditional as the prom. Posted honor codes and signed honesty contracts haven’t put so much as a dent in a problem whose abuses and sophistication increase every year. I was recently invited to a forum on cheating at a South County… Read more »
1.What’s the difference between purpose and activity? 2. List my expectations by stating “What do I want out of my current classes?”. 3. List the seven values and reference them to a body part. 4. Of the seven values, which do you believe is the most important in contributing toward your success? State your rationale…. Read more »
