Topics that are of particular interest will be researched on the web and added to this page with their links monthly. Come back to see the new info each month. If you would like to suggest a topic, please email your suggestion to Beth Conant at cokids@stargate.net.
This Month's Topic: High Stakes Testing
Archive of Topics:
Reading Wars Re-ignitedTalking with Kids About Terrorism and Acts of War How to explain the inexplicable to young children.
"Red Shirting" Should families send their children to kindergarten when they meet the age requirement or wait a year to give them a 'leg up' in kindergarten?
Penmanship: Do we really need to teach penmanship when keyboarding is the skill of the future?
Rewards: Do rewards produce the results we really want?
The Hurried Child: Are we pressuring our children to grow up too fast?
Direct Instruction What does the research say about direct instruction; what are teachers saying.
School Violence and Prevention
Phonemic Awareness
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