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  • Useful Information In and Out of the Classroom 3/11/22

    Here are some interesting sites that I’ve found this week, thanks to my PLN. As a teacher, I feel we have to keep up to date concerning research in...
  • Yen-Jie Lee probes particle collision data for clues to the universe’s origins

    When Yen-Jie Lee came to MIT as a graduate student in 2006, it was a bit of a culture shock. The aspiring particle physicist had studied physics at...
  • St. Patrick’s Day Preschool Crafts the Kids Will Love

    Your students will immerse themselves in hands-on creativity with these St. Patrick’s Day preschool crafts! Be sure to add a few of the craft ideas...
  • Community College Scholars Share How to Make an Equitable Classroom

    When James Gray studied the disaggregated data of student performance in developmental math courses at the Community College of Aurora (CCA) in A...
  • 10 Obstacle Courses That You Can Set Up at Home

    Get little warriors moving (and tire them out) with these 10 clever obstacle courses for kids. Participants will break a sweat and the best part? E...
  • Corporate Advice For Teacher Retention

    TNTP started out life as The New Teacher Project, a Michelle Rhee cousin organization of Teach For America, aimed at providing a path to the classr...
  • How Swimming Benefits Brain Function

    Most people know the profoundly positive impact of swimming on the body and heart as an exercise. As an extension of that, swimming also provides a...
  • Getting Into Real Estate Through Vacation Rentals: 3 Real People Tell Us How They Did It

    Investing in property is a long-held and sound piece of financial advice. Over time, property appreciates faster than inflation and can be a nice n...
  • Indoor Activities for Kids on a Rainy Day: 25 Fun Ways To Keep Busy

      It’s raining outside. There are puddles everywhere and your kids are bored. You don’t want to go out, so what else can you do? The answer is simp...
  • Lee Kravetz on Sylvia Plath, 1950s Psychiatry, and Confessional Poets

    It has been nearly six decades since Sylvia Plath published her iconic first novel, The Bell Jar. She died by suicide weeks later, on February 11, ...
  • 10 Music Games for Kids

    Your kid is constantly composing, strumming, singing and banging on pots and pans, and that’s okay with you. Keep the tunes coming with a few magic...
  • 67 Powerful Frugal Living Tips with a BIG Impact

    Real frugal living is about so much more than learning how to hack $5 off your grocery bill. Frugal living tips with a BIG impact. “How can I be...