Youve just finished playing the piano for family members or some friends. If youve truly played poorly, the instinctive thing to do is to delve into a repertoire of excuses, some of which might include:
Who can play at this time of day?
Of course that wasnt good. You try playing...
Most of the adult population can play enough of a musical instrument to rattle out a tune of some sort, even if it is just a TV theme or a few bars of an old classic. Furthermore, playing an instrument well is something most of us long for, but for whatever reason, we choose not to fulfill our...
Phonemic Awareness Assessments Identify A Weak Cognitive Skill Necessary For Learning
A phonemic awareness assessment can help your child identify a weak cognitive skill which is necessary for learning. Weak cognitive skills are a large factor in the majority of learning disabilities...
Neighborhood schools are quickly becoming a thing of the past. With such things as school rankings, school grades for each school, and the No Child Left Behind act, simply sending our children to the grade school down the street is going the way of the dodo bird.
Today, Phoenix Schools...
So often these days, it seems that schools are only in the news for their failures. Journalists love to write about the sensational news of school violence or poor test scores. Well, out west in Phoenix, Arizona, the Phoenix Schools are doing some things right! The Phoenix area is divided into...
Phoenix Schools Providing Healthier Food Choices For 2006-2007 School Year
Much attention has been paid over the last few years to the weight (or maybe I should say overweight) condition of Americans. There have and continue to be many articles in the media, televisions shows devoted to...
Phoenix Schools Roosevelt District In Serious Trouble With Arizona Department Of Education
The Roosevelt Elementary School District, located in the Phoenix Schools area on the south side of the city, is in serious trouble. The primarily low-income district has been dealing with turmoil...
Research for Action (RFA), an independent research firm, is currently leading a program of study called Learning from Philadelphia Public Schools Reform. This is a comprehensive, multi-year study of Philadelphia Schools and their complex and radical reform effort. The schools system has been...
All schools need teachers. Whats more important, however, is that the schools, even Philadelphia Schools, need excellent teachers. Excellent teachers bring many qualities to their classrooms. Its hard to say whats most important in regards to characteristics that make teachers great; classroom...
The Philadelphia Schools and the Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership (PAEP) established a good working history in 2006 with the successful Artist in Residence Program. Through this initiative the Philadelphia Schools Office of Creative and Performing Arts teamed with PAEP to place working...
The Philadelphia schools have been contracting out (also called privatization) many schools services to for-profit businesses and nonprofit organizations for four years and are entering their fifth.
School Reform Commissioner Daniel Whelan is willing to contract out any service,...
When thinking of Denver, Colorado, do you think of beautiful, snow-capped peaks soaring into the heavens? The Denver Schools system has goals that resemble high mountainsattainable yet challenging. The Denver Schools district has three overarching goals:
1. Set high expectations for...