Innovative and FREE Strategies to Support English Language Learners in Becoming Information Consumers and Producers
I was a bit intimated about being asked to speak at the NYS conference for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) this month because of my own rather unpleasant memories of being made fun of for my "white" accent in high school and later in college Spanish classes. I always ...

Lennie Levin on Crossing to College on Teachers Teaching Teachers Wed. 09.09.09 at 9:PM Eastern
If you are already using Youth Voices — or planning to soon we would love for you to join us on Teachers Teaching Teachers tomorrow evening 09.09.09 Please consider joining via Skype and at http://EdTechTalk.com at 9:00pm Eastern / 6:00pm Pacific USA Wednesdays / 01:00 UTC Thursdays. We’ll ...


Chinuch / Education :: RE: Academics or Practical Training for Girls?
Author: MayaPosted: Tue Sep 08 2009 8:10 pm (GMT -4)Topic Replies: 110 amother wrote: Maya wrote: I'm a little late in the conversation here but I will agree with Mama Bear that Satmar is very good at preparing their students for the real world. In addition to advance ...

Unemployed or In-Between Jobs? 4 Ways to Keep Moving and Grooving
As I enter my 3rd week of “in-between opportunities” here’s what I’ve realized: the freedom to construct your own schedule means the responsibility to construct your own schedule.Without a job to keep me at my desk for 10+ hours a day it’s easy while away a whole day watching YouTube ...

Night Owl Classes | NPR (5 min)
"This fall Bunker Hill Community College will offer two classes between 11:45 pm and 2:30 am. That’s 2:30 in the morning! The college’s president Mary Fifield says the school is bursting at the seams with students partly because of the down economy. She says these night owl classes will pro ...