Rhee’s quake tweet
Nothing, apparently, not even a strong earthquake that shakes the East Coast, takes Michelle Rhee’s eye off of school reform.
Rhee, former chancellor of D.C. Public Schools, now CEO/founder of StudentsFirst, who, according to her identifying information on Twitter, is “working tirelessly to build educational environments that truly foster learning,” wrote this tweet:
Read full article >>Earthquake resources to educate your kids (and yourself)
Why do earthquakes occur and how are they measured? Here are facts and Web sites that teachers and parents can use to educate themselves and kids about the Virginia-centered earthquake that rocked the East Coast of the United States today.
The U.S. Geological Survey has a lot of good information for people of all ages here and a site for kids, here.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, has one on tsunamis here.
Here is some information on plate tectonics, the theory that continents, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes are created when vast geological plates in the Earth’s outer layer move and collide.
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