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  • Illinois Standards
    
    • Manual of the Common Schools, LaSalle County, 1936 - 1937
  • Reading
    
    • Thank You, Whole Language
    • Project PRIDE Assessments and the Illinois Snapshot of Early Literacy
    • "Whole Language in NYC and Illinois" by Mary Damer
    • "A little bit of heaven in Illinois: reading in a small school" by Mary Damer
    • Reading Suggestions from the Texas Alternative Document
    • Is Phonics "Killing Us Softly"
    • Phonics is a Fraud? ("Aoccdrnig to rscheearch...)
    • The Rockford Reading Disaster
  • Literature
    
    • "Youth Fiction Takes a Stark, Eerie Turn"
    • Illinois' "Rebecca Caudill" Awards
      • Caudill-O-Meter
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  • Grammar
    
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  • Math - Issues and Battles
    
    • "Math Fluency" by Mary Damer
    • How To Respond When Your School Announces a New-New Math Program
    • Practical Problems With Calculators
    • The Dumbing Down of Algebra by C.F. Navarro, Ph.D.
    • Dave Ziffer defends the teaching of algebra
  • Math - Specific Textbooks and Programs
    
    • "If math were a color" by Marcia Tsicouris
    • "'Chicago' Math" by Mary Damer
    • "Math Trailblazers" - review by a Colorado parent
    • "Math Trailblazers" - review by Wayne Bishop
    • "Scott Foresman Addison Wesley MATH" - review
  • Math -- Town by Town
  • Science
    
    • Core Knowledge Sample Lesson Plans -- Science
    • "A School Science Fair: What Are The Kids Learning?"
    • "Things You Do NOT Need To Know In Science (according to the Illinois Science Standards)"
    • "Some Thoughts on Evaluating Science Textbooks"
    • An exceptionally good science program: Bannockburn School
  • Social Studies
    
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• Methods
  • What's Wrong With Our Schools?
    
  • Projects vs. Learning
    
  • Textbooks
    
  • Computers
    
    • What's Wrong With Using the Web for Grade School "Research"?
    • A Visit From the Tech Consultant (An In-Service Program)
    • "Schools should watch the use of computers" by David Ziffer
    • "The Spell-Checked Poem"
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  • Gender Fairness
    
    • "Boys and Reading" by Elaine K. McEwan, Ed.D.

• Theories
  • Developmentally Appropriate Practices
    
  • Critical Thinking
    
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  • Brain-Based Learning
    
    • Book review
  • Multiple Intelligences
    
    • "Learning By Hunches" by Elaine McEwan-Adkins, Ed.D
    • "Multiple Intelligences Overview" by Barbara Shafer
    • "Intelligence Oxymorons" by William McNerney
  • Constructivism
    
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• Teaching
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• Choosing Schools
  • Measures of a School
    
    • "Pretty Good"
    • State Laws on Standards and Testing
  • Tests and Assessment
    
    • "ISAT Tests: Worth the time? Worth the Money?" by Dawn Earl
    • "Putting "FairTest" to the Test" by Dave Ziffer
  • Finding Good Schools
    
    • "Choosing a School"
    • "Curb Appeal Education," by Barbara Shafer
    • "11 Questions About Your School" by Elaine K. McEwan, Ed.D.
    • Midwest Schools Using "Open Court"
  • The Suburbs
    
  • Core Knowledge
    
    • AFT: Standard Curriculum Underestimates Students
  • Charter Schools
    
  • Catholic Schools
    
    • The Challenge to be Excellent, by Dr. Leonard DeFiore, NCEA
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  • High School
    
  • College
    

• Running Schools
  • "Eduspeak": The Lingo of Education
    
    • Education Buzzwords: Image and Reality
    • Translating Educational Jargon
  • Politics: Left & Right
    
  • No Child Left Behind
    
  • Illinois Laws and Rules
    
  • School Boards
    
    • Candor: Complete Information for the Community
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  • School Committees and Delphi
    
    • "Let's Stop Being Manipulated" by Albert V. Burns
    • "We're So Easily Delphied" by Joan E. Battey
  • PTAs and PTOs
    
  • Parent Rights
    
    • Suburban Mom Wants To Sue
  • Public Relations
    
    • "Spinmeisters Come To Town"
  • Private Money, Public Schools
    
  • Salaries & Finances
    
    • "Should a District Superintendent Be Paid Like a CEO?" by Dave Ziffer

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