From the Top - Principals in the Classrooms in Cleveland Schools

With a district of 58,000 school age children Cleveland Schools face all of the challenges you expect in a large city: poor attendance, low test scores, and behavior issues. So the new CEO of Cleveland Schools, Eugene Saunders, has decided to address the problems from the top. As a part of his strategy to turn around a struggling district, this former Toledo Schools CEO is sending Cleveland Principals back to school.

Chicago School Initiatives

Chicago Schools face many barriers in providing equal and effective learning to one of the nation's largest student populations. The prospect of school can be daunting for students and parents. The system demands enrollment at earlier ages each year and the curriculum of Chicago Schools are constantly raised to new levels in order to stimulate educational development. But not all children learn at the same rate, or even in the same ways.

Resistance to Learning a Problem and Challenge of Our Time

It is amazing the problems in the world where people will not take the time to learn new things. There is a significant resistance out there to learning. Resistance to learning; well indeed, the average person never reads a book again after they graduate from High School so you can imagine the problems with someone like me who has been known to write 16,800 words in a day and then read 10 white papers to unwind and three chapters of someone else's book?

Dallas Schools Fluent in Babel?

On the border of Mexico, the student population of Dallas Schools is about 43% Hispanic. The current climate of tensions over border control and bilingual education is no stranger to teachers, administrators, and families of the Dallas Schools. Who to educate in a new language, and how to teach them is a topic that has caused Dallas Schools a lot of conflict over the years.

The City of Plovdiv

Plovdiv is probably the oldest city in Europe and has a history dating back over seven thousand years; it is also part of the birth of European civilisation. Seven thousand years ago the Thracian civilisation settled in Bulgaria and one place they settled is now the city of Plovdiv, the reason for this was due to the mountains and the River Maritsa.

7 Ways to Use Songs and Music in the ESL - EFL Classroom

Want to make your English classroom more exciting? Using songs and music is fun for both the teacher and students! Here are seven ways to use songs in your classroom.

Holistic Courses - Everything You Want to Know about Healing Arts

Curious and skeptics alike will find that holistic courses offer a variety of healing arts training and tools that can be applied in everyday life and in the professional world.

Metaphysical Education - Learning Higher Philosophies

If you've ever wanted to learn about the paranormal or about universal laws, then attaining your metaphysical education is the first step to gaining higher consciousness, transformational perspectives and spiritual understanding.

Cooperative Learning in High School? Sure, Why Not?

Can cooperative learning be used at the high school level? Of course it can. In many ways it is actually better suited for high school students who can be more mature and capable of working together as part of a team. Give it a try, you may be surprised.

The Little Known Secrets to SAT and ACT Success

This article shares the secrets to success on the SAT and ACT exams. Success on these standardized tests is a measure of a multitude of factors, including concept knowledge, preparation, stress and time management, as well as test-taking ability. This article shares that when the preparation process is approached from more of a holistic and knowledgeable viewpoint, the process can be an empowering one that provides a young person with many of the skills, talents and tools that lead to future success in their college and employment careers.

Bulgaria And Her Secret History

Bulgaria is a little country sandwiched between large neighbours, she is also a country that is only just becoming well known on the international stage and is the country that is believed to have founded European civilisation. Bulgaria has so many facets that people are not aware of it seems a shame they are not shared with the rest of the world.

Education and Emotional Intelligence

How can we expect our youth to be good leaders if many of our educators and parents are not? All of us need a strong foundation to make good life decisions. We expect our youth to graduate from school with the tools necessary to be successful throughout life. Most of us agree that these expectations are not being met.

Patchwork Quilting – A History Summary

Joseph's coat of many colors was probably patchwork. Even armour was made by quilting heavy fabrics together.