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Teaching with "Flare": Unusual Trinkets for Teachers and Students

by Jennifer Foote Sweeney

How does one accessorize a sensible college education and a crisp teaching credential? What props does a teacher, dressed for a first day's command performance, bring to the stage? The mood must be serious, the goals ambitious, but the little details of a teacher's appearance can provide just enough whimsy to charm a roomful of future acolytes. Here, fresh from the sweet potpourri of quirky and kicky products that is fredflare.com, are examples of grade-school chic that every teacher, and students with summer earnings, can afford.

This article originally published on 8/11/2005

This article was also published in the September 2005 issue of Edutopia magazine.