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Want to Change Your Child's Classroom? Talk to the Teacher First

by Elizabeth Humphrey, Posted Sep 2nd 2010 10:02AM

Your child might not like the teacher as much s the other kids, but is it time to move her to another classroom? Credit: Getty Images
"I don't want to be in this teacher's class this year." "I like my teacher from last year better -- why can't I ...
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Boys Do Better in English When Girls Aren't Around

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Apr 28th 2009 9:00AM

It's almost report card time again. If you've got a boy who's struggling in English classes, you might want to find out who his classmates are. That's the news out of Bristol University, where a research student found that girls in a classroom can ...
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Children Without Chairs - A Standing Room Only Classroom

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Feb 24th 2009 9:00AM

In traditional classrooms, educators teach the three Rs and do it with three rules: Sit down. Be quiet. Sit still. But Minnesota teacher Abby Brown knows that kids are noisy when they're learning. She believes moving around doesn't just help her ...
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When teacher retaliates

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Jun 10th 2007 12:00PM

Admittedly, I was more a goody-good than a rebel for most of my educational years, but I did harbour some evil fantasies of retaliating against some of my more humourless teachers (which, thankfully, there were few. I had mostly awesome teachers in ...
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Are same-sex classrooms a good idea?

by Sandy Maple, Posted Apr 6th 2007 9:28AM

Title IX was enacted in 1975 to prevent sex discrimination against students and employees of educational institutions. Last year, the U.S. Department of Education relaxed the Title IX rules, making it easier for schools to offer same-sex education to ...
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88 year old teacher still trucking

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Mar 14th 2007 10:30AM

CNN has an inspiring article on an 88-year old L.A. teacher who dons helmets to make points, and rebukes students with phrases like "that's bunk" when they're out of line. Rose "Mama G" Gilbert has the respect and awe of her teenaged students, who ...
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Veiled teacher controversy continues

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Mar 9th 2007 9:00AM

The appeal trial for a Muslim school teacher who got fired for wearing a veil in the classroom started yesterday in England. Aishah Azmi was let go from her position as an ESL teacher at a primary school after refusing to remove her veil in the ...
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Do children's friendships help them learn in school?

by Heather Craven, Posted Sep 7th 2006 2:30PM

If you are like me, you may wonder if the friendships your child forms help with school activities. Apparently, they can in some cases if a study in a recent issue of the British Journal of Educational Psychology holds up. The authors questioned ...
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Should kids be protected from rejection?

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Aug 9th 2006 7:30AM

I remember Jennifer Saunder's 6th grade birthday party like it was yesterday. Rumour had it that there were going to be build-your-own tacos. And her family had an under-ground swimming pool! It would be the event of the year! Jennifer had special ...
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