Whether you are a classroom teacher or a specialist looking to make a positive impression, fostering the connection between you, the teacher, and the parents of your students is the key to success. Here is one such vehicle called Smile Books. There are no rules on how to create the book so feel free to use your creativity to expand the idea and improve upon it.

For members of the general population who do not see the inner workings of education and see it only as a public service, what is known about school standards is introduced to them through public sources. Public sources serve those who would benefit from standardization.

Those who support standards as the absolute measurement of success feel that it logically makes sense to use one level of measurement. Of all the ingredients making up public education, the human element is most important; and just as there are an infinite number of personalities, learning abilities, disorders and diseases, there needs to be more than just one rule for all.

The effectiveness of standards as a vehicle for educational reform is negotiable as some educators and administrators believe they are the answer and some still think they are the problem.

A closer look between high-school social studies and federal legislation.

This essay looks at the concept that all children in the USA need to be looked at as English Language Learners, not just those that are born to parents who are acquiring the English language as a second language. A recent published report from the NAEP that highlights reading scores comparing white and black eighth grade students from the years 1972 to 2007 identify that there is still a gap and neither group are really meeting National Standards!

Standards based education is one of the ways to structure a learning environment. An argument is presented about whether or not standards improve student learning. A position is take on whether standards based education improves learning, and provides opinions on both sides of the argument. Further discussion is provided about what the best process for developing an effective curriculum would be if standards based education is to have the greatest impact.

No Child Left Behind. Sounds like a great idea doesn’t it? In theory, it should be. In practice, it is entirely something different altogether.

Is No Child Left Behind and standardized testing such as the WASL helping, or hindering, our students?

The author explores this controversial U.S. education policy.