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Maurice EliasMarch 19, 2009

Is music important in your life? Is it important in your kids' lives? Is there a reason so many children walk around with an iPod?

Is music important in your life? Is it important in your kids' lives? Is there a reason so many children walk around with an iPod? Read More

Dr. Katie KlingerJanuary 6, 2009

Evidence-based research has convinced Lydia Trinidad, principal at Hawaii's Kualapu'u Elementary School, that in addition to concentrating on meeting the mandates of No Child Left Behind, she has to promote health awareness in her students and teach them that physical activity and proper nutrition are as important as academics.

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Mark NicholDecember 21, 2007

In my last entry, I described a favorite experience from my short teaching career: the opportunity to use free and freely available science manipulatives and materials to enable hands-on discovery in the classroom. It reminded me of one of the most remarkable learning environments I have ever had the pleasure to spend time in.

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Mark NicholDecember 13, 2007

While walking through my neighborhood recently, I noticed several large, colorful cardboard boxes in the back of a pickup truck parked in a driveway. Upon closer inspection, I recognized their labels: Each read "FOSS," the acronym for the Full Option Science System, a science curriculum developed about twenty years ago by staff at the Lawrence Hall of Science, a museum and learning center at the University of California at Berkeley.

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Mark NicholNovember 14, 2007

What does it take to ensure that new teachers have a fair shake at succeeding? Perhaps my experience is instructive.

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August 1, 2007

Last year was my first experience as a tutor at Salvador Elementary School, in Napa, California, for ArtLinks, an after-school arts-integration program created by Salvador and On the Move, a nonprofit organization focused on building effective leadership within the public sector.

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Dr. Katie KlingerJune 6, 2007

This is an update on the new charter school in north Sacramento we introduced in my first Edutopia.org blog post, "A Fairy Tale in the Making: One Woman's Quest to Connect Children of the World."

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Diane Demee-BenoitMay 25, 2007

The TechBridge program is alive and well at the Chabot Space & Science Center, in Oakland, California. Selected in 2005 by the National Science Foundation as a model program, TechBridge is an out-of-school program that engages girls in science, technology, and engineering activities. Since its inception, TechBridge has served more than 1,500 girls in five school districts through after-school and summer programs.

The TechBridge program is alive and well at the Chabot Space & Science Center, in Oakland, California. Selected in 2005 by the National Science Foundation as a model program, TechBridge is an out-of-school program that engages girls in science, technology, and engineering activities. Since its inception, TechBridge has served more than 1,500 girls in five school districts through after-school and summer programs.

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Dr. Katie KlingerApril 19, 2007

Once upon a time . . . sound familiar? Remind you of a fairy tale? And don't we learn valuable lessons from fairy tales? Of course! The story I am about to share with you is a real-life fairy tale about a Harvard-educated woman who wanted children to learn to speak to each other around the world.

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