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Direct linkAlvarez, Brenda – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
One way to create more class time and not lose education time is to have students take notes at home and do the work in class. This article describes "flipping the classroom," a new instructional model that allows an educator to record a lesson plan on video in the same fashion it would be presented to students. The structure of the…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Homework, Family Environment, Classroom Environment
Holladay, Jennifer – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2011
The word "cyberbullying" didn't even exist a decade ago, yet the problem is pervasive today. Simply put, cyberbullying is the repeated use of technology to harass, humiliate, or threaten. When people take to the keyboard or cell phone and craft messages of hate or malice about a specific person, cyberbullying is emerging. And unlike…
Descriptors: Discipline, Computers, Handheld Devices, Middle Schools
Brannon, Diana – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2008
Young children's beliefs about what is right and wrong traditionally have been strongly influenced by their families. However, today children often come to school with problematic behaviors and attitudes. Character education has become a necessity. Character education programs have a positive effect on achievement, classroom behaviors, and…
Descriptors: Values Education, Parent Participation, Elementary Education, Teacher Surveys
Varela, Alejandra – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2008
One of the greatest misconceptions still found in public schools is the erroneous belief that parents of immigrant students do not care about their children's education. However, the fact is, these parents care and are able to demonstrate it when they are respectfully embraced by a school community that recognizes how much they can contribute to…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Cultural Pluralism, Parent School Relationship, Misconceptions
Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2010
There has been a great deal of focus in recent years on high school reform as a way to ensure all students graduate ready for a skilled job or additional postsecondary education. As expectations for a more highly educated American citizenry rise, what happens in the middle grades--the beginning of the secondary-to-postsecondary education…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Middle Schools, Middle School Students, College Preparation
Rolon, Carmen A. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2005
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Latino students accounted for 18% of the school population in 2003, and the larger Latino population had reached 41.3 million as of 2004. With a yearly growth rate of 3.6%, Latinos continue to be the fastest growing population group in the nation. As Latinos continue to shape the diversity in the schools, many…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Teaching Methods, Classroom Techniques, Teacher Expectations of Students
