Twigmore » tutor http://www.twigmore.com Branch Out Sat, 15 May 2010 15:54:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Check Out Our First Podcast! http://www.twigmore.com/2009/12/check-out-our-first-podcast/ http://www.twigmore.com/2009/12/check-out-our-first-podcast/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:14:58 +0000 Stephen Smyth http://www.twigmore.com/?p=469 We are excited to start sharing our videos as a podcast.

Hope you’ll check it out! As always, we welcome your feedback.

]]> http://www.twigmore.com/2009/12/check-out-our-first-podcast/feed/ 0 Integrating Integers Across Disciplines http://www.twigmore.com/2009/10/integrating-integers-across-disciplines/ http://www.twigmore.com/2009/10/integrating-integers-across-disciplines/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:16:57 +0000 Peter Baer http://www.twigmore.com/blog/?p=51 001351_14An interesting piece from the Edutopia (George Lucas’ Educational Foundation) website.  It shows how Oregon’s Fullerton IV Elementary School improved test scores by focusing on teacher training and support.  The underlying themes are that “Mistakes Start New Learning” and “There’s More than One Method.”  A good example of their approach is that teachers must find new and exciting ways — beyond simply putting the number 87 and a minus sign under the number 133 — to solve a routine math problem.

]]> http://www.twigmore.com/2009/10/integrating-integers-across-disciplines/feed/ 0 New Yorker article highlighting the troubled state of NYC public schools http://www.twigmore.com/2009/09/new-yorker-article-highlighting-the-troubled-state-of-nyc-public-schools/ http://www.twigmore.com/2009/09/new-yorker-article-highlighting-the-troubled-state-of-nyc-public-schools/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:35:05 +0000 Peter Baer http://www.twigmore.com/blog/?p=8 New York City schoolteachers accused of misconduct are sent to what are officially
called Temporary Reassignment Centers, but everyone calls them
Rubber Rooms. There are approximately 600 there (with no responsibilities) for an average of about three years.

Seems as though the NYC public school system needs a great deal of work. Hopefully they"ll be able to take advantage of newly available Federal Government funds to make some much needed changes.

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Rubber Rooms

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