Thursday, February 11, 2010

Teacher Magazine: News and Information for Teacher Leaders

Teacher Magazine: News and Information for Teacher Leaders

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Easy Recipe to Becoming a Teacher
Prompted by a blogger looking to become a teacher because "teaching looks interesting," Mei Flower provides some handy tips on preparing to become a teacher. Think: Myth of Sisyphus. And more.
A Place at the Table
Snowmageddon
Susan Graham wonders whether the concerns about snow days suggest that there's something wrong with our educational priorities.
Teacher in a Strange Land
Fluff and Nonsense
Nancy Flanagan asks, "Why do some people adamantly insist that project-based learning is fluff?"
Living in Dialogue
Duncan: "Don't Teach to the Test!"
Secretary Duncan says we must "give every child a chance to discover their genius." What are the implications?
Road Diaries: Teacher of the Year
Teacher Tales
Anthony Mullen, who was asked to write the foreword to Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teacher Tales, debuts the foreword for his Teacher readers.
Unwrapping the Gifted
What Brain Imaging Shows Us About Gifted Learners 
Tamara Fisher scans available information regarding MRI's and what they indicate about developmental differences in the brains of gifted youth.
The Book Whisperer
Effective Literacy Programs Lose Funding
Donalyn Miller urges educators to show support for five literacy programs which will lose direct funding under the FY2011 proposed federal budget.