March 2011
February 2011
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Watchthedailywhat:
Oscars: The Academy Awards ceremony’s opening sketch, which spoofed a bunch of films, and featured Alec Baldwin being dreamy.
[vulture.]
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How do we compare? American vs. International...
researchacademymsu:
I recently came across this video of Linda Darling-Hammond, and her thoughts on what other countries are doing right in education, and how the American education system can improve to meet academic competition:
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I saw an 8 year old kid reading page five of...
teachingliteracy:
kblitz
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“What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the...”
– Pablo Picasso (via libraryland)
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Why you should read to your children →
teachingliteracy:
Kids love it when you read to them and it is perhaps the one time, in a day filled with selective hearing, that you have their full and undivided attention. Experts agree reading to kids is a wonderful thing. Children’s author and “literary ambassador” Hazel Edwards says children who have been read to have longer attention spans, more general knowledge, are more tolerant of...
Teachers make too much money! →
world-shaker:
Are you sick of high paid teachers? Teachers’ hefty salaries are driving up taxes, and they only work 9 or 10 months a year! It’s time we put things in perspective and pay them for what they do - baby sit! We can get that for less than minimum wage.
That’s right. Let’s give them $3.00 an hour and only the hours they worked; not any of that silly planning time, or any time they...
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Watchhealthlitchick:
NY Times Video: A Safe Place
A look into Vancouver’s impressive harm reduction strategy against HIV.
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Can you knit or crochet? →
tearriffic:
chiclet:
This is the first time I ever wanted to learn how. If so, you can donate them to this organization which sends them to newborn babies in developing countries to keep them warm. What a lovely idea!
I want to do this!
