A Teaching Fellow Finds Her Footing
Luisa Cavagna once thought she wanted to be a doctor, but now her heart is in the classroom
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Author Visit from Holocaust Survivor Makes Memoir Come Alive
Inge Auerbacher visits Ditmas Junior High School as part of multi-disciplinary unit on writers’ childhood war diaries and memoirs.
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High School Choice: Like Choosing College
Eighth graders need a lot of help navigating the maze of city high school applications. Schools offer wildly different levels of adult guidance. A new study suggests that equity may suffer as a result.
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Tweeting, Instagramming and YouTubing in Class
With smart phones, MacBook Pros and iPad’s abound, take a look at how a group of tech-savvy students at a private Upper West Side school are tweeting, posting and instagramming their way through class.
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Social Media: Tweeting and Learning in the Classroom
Educators see social media as an important tool to aid learning in the classroom, but there is no consensus on how best to teach it.
Read MoreAstoria parents furious over plans to add middle school to PS 122
The New York Daily News reports that parents in Northwestern Queens are considering a lawsuit against the city over its plan to shrink the number of students eligible for the …
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Woes of a Fifth Grader
For Brooklyn fifth grader Nataly Salvador, middle school is around the corner and life is about to change.
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