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Morrison's modernist approach to religion in 1912, tinged by both cultural and religious anti-Catholicism, still had room for a spirited defense of Bible reading in public schools when the Supreme Court of Illinois banned the Bible from the classroom.

Battleground: One Mother's Crusade, The Religious Right, and the Struggle for Control of our Classrooms by stephen bates poseidon press, 365 pages, $ 24 The 1983 protest by a group of parents in Hawkins County, Tennessee, against certain stories and themes in the public school reading....

Central to this drama are two Supreme Court cases: Engle v. Vitale (1962), in which the Court decided that government - directed prayer in public schools was an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment's establishment clause; and Abington v. Schempp (1963), which declared unconstitutional a Pennsylvania statute that provided for compulsory Bible reading in public classrooms.

Hippy, yeah I get what you're saying about not learning anything new in school, and not much from the teachers you had, I also read constantly and learned more through my books and travel than in classrooms.

It's an incredible opportunity for school nutrition professionals in Arizona to learn more about breakfast - in - the - classroom,... Continue reading →

As I entered the classroom Tuesday, they were reading Sylvia's Spinach before tasting Spinach Lasagna, enjoying the Spinach Brownies they had made themselves, and going out to check on their newly planted spinach seeds in the school garden.

Comic books, now generally known as graphic novels, have increasingly been finding their way into classrooms and school libraries as teachers search for tools to not only help their students learn how to read, but to tap into the vivid imagination that is the hallmark of childhood and turn their students onto a lifelong love of reading.

Whether they are highlighting expanded universal breakfast - in - the - classroom, farm - to - schools, or chefs - to - schools, we... Continue reading →

Angie, Gina, and Laurie share the school breakfast news from their cafeterias and classrooms, including the... Continue reading →

Early reading in schools is necessary so that the teacher can give children classroom assignments rather than working individually with each of them, but at home it doesn't matter.

Most days, my six - year - old son, Mateo, takes the bus to his suburban California kindergarten, but sometimes we drive, so we can read together in the classroom before school begins.

By now you've probably attended more than your share of classroom open houses and «back to school nights» but here's one more that might be of interest, especially if you have questions about this fall's new school food regulations and how they might... [Continue reading]

Well, good for you for sticking to your guns, but prepare to be furious when your child comes home on the last day before the winter break vibrating like a tuning fork from all of the «holiday» (read «Christmas») treats that well meaning parents send for the traditional pre-break party that happens in virtually every public school classroom on the last school day of the calendar year.

I've written a lot over the years (really, A LOT - see the Related Links below) about junk food in school classrooms, whether distributed by teachers as rewards for good behavior and academic performance or served as part of birthday or classroom... [Continue reading]

food manufacturers have managed to invade what should be a commercial - free zone through vending machines and «pouring rights»; branded foods (like Pizza Hut pizzas) sold in the national school lunch program; the sale of a la carte foods; the use of Channel One television in the classroom; the creation of textbooks replete with math problems that use the products» names; give - aways of branded items like textbook covers; offering their products as rewards for academic performance (read X number of books over the summer and earn a gift certificate to McDonald's); and much more.

Spending just an hour in the classroom once a month can give you a read on your child's feelings about school.

Volunteer in class Spending just one hour in the classroom once a month will give you a read on your child's feelings about school.

Even before reading the Times story, my concerns about food allergic kids led, in part, to my writing my Food - in - the - Classroom Manifesto (in which I argue that school classrooms should be food - free), and I certainly support accommodations for food allergies in school cafeterias.

By Jessica O'Dwyer Most days, my six - year - old son, Mateo, takes the bus to his suburban California kindergarten, but sometimes we drive, so we can read together in the classroom before school begins.

Later my daughter read the post (I'd published it while she was at school yesterday) and told me I'd actually underplayed what was goes on in that classroom.

Read more about how Southern Local School District will roll out their breakfast - in - the - classroom program in stages.

Join the School Nutrition Foundation on Facebook this week to read more stories about breakfast - in - the - classroom and National School Breakfast Week.

Seeing the universal in - classroom breakfast process up - close and talking to the kids really changed the way I think about, read about, and going forward write about school breakfast.

«The NUTs Breaking the Mould project, in which the National Union of Teachers has worked with a small group of primary schools to consider how «traditional» gender stereotypes could be challenged in the classroom through reading materials, is a really useful resource.

In each school, around four staff members — including reading teachers, classroom teachers and coaches — will receive mentorship from the Rose Institute.

The Bond Act, as it reads on the November ballot, would provide access to classroom technology and high - speed internet connections, as well as offer funds to build more pre kindergarten classrooms, and replace the trailers that some overcrowded schools in New York City have been using to teach students.

For middle and high school teachers, you can find most books read in the classroom on one of their tops.

We are the first place in the district Meet the principal, visit the classrooms, check out the school calendar, and read about activities.

Some school leaders and classroom teachers may not believe in the value of independent, for - pleasure reading, or that kids can read for as long as they truly can.

Read more about how schools and districts can move beyond these «pockets of excellence» to create a broad - based approach — and how to support teachers as they expand their classroom practices, as well as their confidence and capacities.

The first hour or so of the Citizens Schools session is spent in classrooms where students read, write, and do their homework assignments.

So differentiating instruction so that all students have the opportunity to use multiple brain pathways in the reading classroom throughout their school years is key to motivating them to read and improve.

This particular rule created a big problem because the chancellor mandated «reading rugs» in all elementary - school classrooms so that children could sit on the floor.

I personally didn't have you as a teacher nor am still in school but from reading this article I would like to think I would have greatly benefited from the blended classroom approach and resources like this.

Many schools carefully track at home reading logs — counting minutes and pages read, checking for daily parent signatures, reviewing and check - marking summaries of what was read, counting book completion rates, etc., while devoting little to no time for kids to actually read quietly in the classroom (or the library, hallways, etc.).

Where the old classrooms were cold and damp in winter, the underfloor heating in the new buildings means that carpet time for reading stories is a favourite part of the school day now — the children can wear slippers or even walk around in their socks.

«Print up your classroom rules for students to keep, and for them to take home with them for parents to read and maybe even to sign and bring back to you,» added Jessie Ballenger, assistant principal at Danbury (Connecticut) High School.

Finally, Beccie Hawes, head of service at Rushall Primary School, looks at «Supporting effective teaching and assessment of reading in your Reception classrooms».

Studies have shown that schools offering intense physical activity programs have seen positive effects on academic performance such as improvements in math, reading, and classroom behavior — even when the added time takes away from academic instruction time.

In the two schools that had reopened, the Ed School students provided administrative and academic support in a number of areas, including in - classroom support through reading groups, one - on - one tutoring, and substitute teaching; organization and distribution of school uniforms; help to renew the libraries; and organization of after school electives such as Latin dancing, basketball tournaments, soccer games, and chess School students provided administrative and academic support in a number of areas, including in - classroom support through reading groups, one - on - one tutoring, and substitute teaching; organization and distribution of school uniforms; help to renew the libraries; and organization of after school electives such as Latin dancing, basketball tournaments, soccer games, and chess school uniforms; help to renew the libraries; and organization of after school electives such as Latin dancing, basketball tournaments, soccer games, and chess school electives such as Latin dancing, basketball tournaments, soccer games, and chess clubs.

But principal Michelle Tubbs, a veteran of the classroom who holds a doctorate in education technology, had conducted a pilot program with blended learning at an Alliance school in the city's Watts neighborhood, where the average freshman read and did math at the 4th - grade level.

In my twin boys» randomly assigned kindergarten classroom, some students entered school reading Magic Tree House chapter books, while other students were just learning their letter sounds, a four - grade - level spread among five - year - olds (pre-K to 2nd grade).

The seventh, comparing classrooms within schools that did and did not have an MCL, showed no statistically significant impact, because reading improved in both types of classrooms after multi-classroom leaders began leading some of the teachers in each school.

Beginning next week, students in Dade County, Fla., public schools will start «logging on» microcomputers to solve geometry problems or to work on reading skills as part of a pilot program designed to acquaint students with computer technology and to supplement classroom instruction.

These two books are polar opposites in terms of readability — Mindset is easy to read, popular psychology, while The Brain at School is a more serious scientific analysis of educational neuroscience and how it may relate to classroom practice.

She is one of the school's «skills specialists,» four experienced teachers who support classroom teachers in specific subjects, including math, reading, writing, science, and bilingual education.

It took nearly a hundred hours of planning on Saporito's part, but her guests came prepared to tailor their lessons to the needs of each middle school classroom, including bilingual and low - reading - skill groups.

For her reasoning, Pinkerton points to experts in the field, such as Dick Allington (Schools That Work), who calls for 500 different books in every classroom library and Jim Trelease (The Read Aloud Handbook) who reminds us all that, «The more you read, the better you get at it; the better you get at it, the more you like it: and the more you like it, the more you do.&raRead Aloud Handbook) who reminds us all that, «The more you read, the better you get at it; the better you get at it, the more you like it: and the more you like it, the more you do.&raread, the better you get at it; the better you get at it, the more you like it: and the more you like it, the more you do.»

Although practice tests and classroom drills have raised the pass rate for the reading section of the TAAS in high schools, few students are able to use those same skills to complete actual reading assignments outside of class, to make meaning of literature, or to connect reading assignments to other parts of the course such as discussion and writing.

Included: Tips for a successful «shared reading» in middle and high - school classrooms.