Classroom Toolkit Newsletter

Paying Parents to "Do the Right Thing"

Paying "Low-Income" Parents to "Do the Right Thing?" Is this a viable antipoverty strategy? Do you think that an approach like this is "crazy?" Would you rather just put parents in jail for "Doing the wrong thing?" Is putting parents in jail for doing the wrong thing cheaper, or more expensive than paying them to do the right thing?

Schools should be Run as Businesses: Reprise

Last month, Classroom Toolkit published an article about the long-term complaint (gripe) that "Schools should be run as businesses."

Do you Really Expect your Students to be "Motivated to Learn if you Fail to Market your Course-of-Study?"

Did you ever hear this kind of teacher lounge chatter?

Translation Technology: Ready for Prime Time?

Translation software and online translation services abound. But, are any of them good enough for "prime time;" i.e., good enough for use in your classroom.

Classroom Toolkit Presentations

This article provides links to several of professional presentations available online from Classroom Toolkit.

Technology Skills every Teacher Needs

In the old days, before computers and the Internet, skills in basic office duplication were enough for most teachers.

Book Title: How to Learn any Language

Author: Farber, Barry

ISBN: 1-56731-543-7
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1991
Publisher: NY: Barnes and Noble Books
Pages: 172
Cost: $ (List)
Available: Amazon at as low as $7.00 new, 2002 edition) $2.94 (used)- $1.24 at eBay™ (as an eBook)

Subtitle: Quickly, easily and On your Own!

Communicating with Hispanic and Minority Students: You can get by with Limited Language Skills, but Learn the Culture

Communicating with students is the most important professional development skill that teachers can improve. Communicating in ways that build positive and trusting relationships is an independent variable influencing a teacher's success.

Lack of Educational Intelligence: The Major Problem with Open Source Software

On the face of it, license-free software seems like a "better-than-the-proverbial-sliced-bread" idea.