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The Key to Good Conduct: Get a New Curriculum

By Sandy Mittelsteadt

1/10/07
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As a longtime educator and a classroom English teacher for twenty-seven years, I've seen all kinds of student "bad behavior."

It's All About the Curricula: Designing a Student-Centered Program

By Sandy Mittelsteadt

11/30/06
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On my career-academy journey, which has spanned the last twenty years, I have found that the most demanding and difficult aspect of career-academy development is the curricula.

Authentic Assessment: A Key Part of Instruction

By Sandy Mittelsteadt

8/29/06
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Over the course of my eighteen years as a teacher, one of my biggest challenges was assessing whether students had really mastered the content or whether they had simply memorized the information.

Adolescent Literacy: Helping Students Who Read Below Grade Level

By Sandy Mittelsteadt

5/30/06
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Moderator's note: The post below is in response to the following email we received:

"I am a teacher in a high school special ed program. It is often hard to find materials for my students. I need ones that are written to a population of readers in grades 2-4, but for teenagers. I have previously used the books Charlotte's Web and Holes. The problem is that I need discussion references for this grade level 9-12. I am trying to set up a curriculum for next year with reading in world, American, and English literature that is written low, but has enough to keep the interest of my students and is available on audio. Can anyone help with suggestions, but please remember I have very little money for class sets and I will probably be the one buying some of the books. Thank you."

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