September 2005 archive

The real war

There is all this talk of a war going on in the Middle East, President Bush, and all that other jargon. However, what we commonly overlook is the civil war going on right here in the United States. There is a HUGE battle going on between the US citizens and the RIAA / MPAA / …

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Open Letter

Alrighty, I’m finally done with my rough draft of my open letter. The letter addresses my concerns of the Balanced Literacy program being used in gradeschool. While I think it may be an effective methodology for high school, and even middle school, I don’t think it is efficient at the elementary level. This letter was …

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GREAT article on literacy

If you are going into education, or are currently an educator, I urge you to read this article that I found about literacy. It offers some incredibly powerful tactics to improving literacy in younger children. While some of them seem to be common knowledge, they only are effective IF they are used properly. Check out …

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