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No matter what college you attend, you’re always going to run into that teacher that you just don’t get along with.  Whether they give you bad looks or their grading system tends to be a bit biased, bad college professors are everywhere.  Some say that when you have a bad teacher, you just need to

“Neither left, nor right, but forward” is my ‘mama-media’ mantra in trying to impart the critical thinking skills necessary to make sense of historic election hoopla on all sides of the campaign circus.

A colleague of mine and I have very different views on paper assignments. He believes it's all about the content and wants his students to focus on just getting their ideas and thoughts on paper. I believe content is important but that presentation is equally important (spelling, grammar, clean copy of final assignment, etc).

For teachers: A fourth grade student addresses the Dallas Unified School District to ask if they believe in him and his classmates.  “You better,” he says and I’m paraphrasing, “because they’re showing up next week.” For administrators: Here’s a list of what not to do this year as an administrator

Dear Dr. Kirk: Recently someone told me about a classroom management tool called Delaney cards. Can you tell me what these are and did you invent them? Just curious Dear Curious: Delaney cards were used by public school teachers to keep track of attendance and grades and to determine seating arrangements in the classroom.

One possible reason WK has difficulty relating to some of his teachers: Ms. M (taking attendance during the first day of class) - WK? WK - My name is spelt WK, but it’s pronounced Throatwobbler Mangrove. Ms. M (who apparently isn’t a Monty Python fan) - we’ll stick with WK.

“No Child Left Behind” implements culture-war against single-moms, placing undue burden upon the single-heads-of-households to do many hours of homework with their child (particularly if his learning is below their standards of … Excerpt from: "No Child Left Behind" is the Republican Front of an

I spoke to one of my readers via email and she stated that she would LOVE some information on how to make her classroom more special needs friendly even through she has a regular education classroom. I also thought that some of you would love some information for your children’s teachers…I know that finding information on FAS is difficult.

Dear Dr. Kirk: Hello. I am currently in the process of developing a faculty training workshop at my university and would like to know how you handle students who text in class, use cell phones and laptops. I am presenting this topic in my training and would like to know a few strategies.

Welcome to the 186th edition of the Carnival of Education, the weekly virtual gathering of dozens of bloggers to discuss all things education. Q: Why do you say this edition is "brain-based"? A: Because the Q&A frame we are using is inspired by how Chris at Ouroboros recently hosted Encephalon Brain and Mind blog carnival.