Bob Bender | 08/04/2011

The motto of the Lowcountry Estuarium based in Port Royal, SC is “Conservation through Education” with a focus on the Port Royal Sound Estuarine system. This unique coastal environment stretches from the barrier islands bordered on the north by St. Helena Sound to the Savannah River. It is arguably the richest ecosystem on earth with regard to the production of biomass. Read More...

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Charles Sosnik | 03/21/2011

Collaboration is such a broad term. In education, it takes many forms. There is the collaboration between student and teacher. Collaboration between student and student. Collaboration between teachers. Between school and home. Between districts. Between disciplines. Between agencies. Between locations. Between public and private sectors. In this issue, we celebrate collaboration in all its forms. Using the simple premise that none of us is as smart as all of us, we explore the many ways educators use collaboration to accomplish one important goal – the education of our children. Kudos to my friend Franklin Schargel, who has just finished his... Read More...

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| 06/28/2011

Students in the United States diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) who are planning to pursue higher education have a new scholarship program opportunity. The Shire ADHD Scholarship includes a monetary award and a prepaid year of ADHD coaching services provided in partnership with the Edge Foundation to help individuals diagnosed with ADHD making the transition to college, vocational or technical school. Read More...

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Franklin Schargel | 03/21/2011

Schools are being asked to do more and more with fewer resources. For any school program to assure the high academic achievement of all children, there must be an active partnership between the school and community to address the social and personal, as well as the academic, needs of children. As Jehl, Blank, and McCloud (2001) conclude in Lessons in Collaboration , educators and community builders differ about the goals and scope of schools. Educators tend to see educational reform as focused on promoting the academic achievement of young people. Community builders — and some educators — focus on academic achievement in a broader context tha... Read More...

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Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach | 05/05/2011

I often say “we make time for what we value.” The irony is teachers, in particular, struggle with finding time to learn to be better teachers. But who has time to think about professional development? Read More...

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Dr. Ruth Herman Wells, M.S. | 03/21/2011

I wonder if any other industry is as prone to trends and fads as K-12 education. Every couple of years, a new model promises much, sweeps through the nation, then largely fades from view. Enter a new fad that promises much, and repeat — endlessly. The trouble with most education models is that they’re one-size-fits-all. In the real world, students come in all shapes and sizes, with all manner of challenges and barriers, and one simple approach will never fit all of them. To expect one basic model to fit all students coast-to-coast is like expecting one textbook to fit all students coast-to-coast. Read More...

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Samuel J. Spitalli | 05/20/2011

While the documentary “Waiting for Superman” does make some valid observations on the issues challenging American education today, it fails largely under the weight of its own kryptonite: that there is a crisis in public education. Believing in the myth of a crisis in education is kind of like believing in the man of steel himself, only in reverse—Superman can do nothing wrong, just as public schools and teachers can’t do anything right. If you suspend your disbelief, then every fallacy in the film (and there are many) can seem plausible, but Davis Guggenheim’s documentary bombs on so many levels that it’s hard to know where to start. Let’s p... Read More...

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Larry Biddle | 03/21/2011

Dennis G. Wiseman, former Director of The Biddle Center, and Gilbert Hunt, former Dean of the College of Education at Coastal Carolina University, have released the second edition of Best Practice in Motivation and Management in the Classroom. The text published by Charles C Thomas Publisher, Ltd., Springfield, Illinois, is dedicated to those students who enter schools each day and bring with them, or encounter there, problems in motivation and management, and to the many dedicated teachers who continue to seek ways to meet both the personal and learning needs of these students. The research is a comprehensive work that offers practical infor... Read More...

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