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Education
The Role of Music in Education
Let’s face it: we’ve all had a song stuck in our heads before. Sometimes, it stays for days! ...
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Get in the Boat
My last blog entry was a “part 1” of a multi-part series. In that entry, I approached the ...
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Finding Reasons to Say Yes
“Teacher, may I go to the bathroom?” “Can we have an extra recess?” “Could this assignment be due ...
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The Anxious Generation: Implications for Technology Use in Schools
As a kid growing up before the invention of the personal computer, I can remember sitting on the ...
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Reigniting a Love for Reading
We live in a visually stimulating world – inundated by images from every direction – from our cell ...
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Embracing a New School Year: A Valuable Reflection
As the new school year begins, Lutheran school teachers celebrate their calling to a unique and meaningful ministry. ...
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Setting Achievable Goals
Goals are a part of modern life. We are no longer satisfied with just doing our best. We ...
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Mastering the Art of Classroom Group Work: Fostering Critical 21st-Century Skills
After sharing that I needed to reteach a small group of students, my teammate said, “I was thinking ...
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What in the World?
Not a day goes by that I am not reminded of the global village in which we live ...
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I’d Like to Ask You a Couple of Questions
Does your school have extra-curricular activities? If so, why? Maybe we don’t give intentional thought very often to ...
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