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Chiropractic Adjustments: Real Treatment or Real Quackery? by Reyshimar Arguelles

December 7th, 2018

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Chiropractic Adjustments: Real Treatment or Real Quackery? by Reyshimar Arguelles takes on a controversial topic. Since my own experiences with chiropractors have been positive I decided to do this guest post. Be sure to ask your chiropractor if he or she will refer you to another type of physician if your problem isn’t one they can fix. Mine did once even though it meant less business for him.

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Your Starter Guide to Maker Spaces by Nicholas Provenzano

December 3rd, 2018

Your Starter Guide to Maker Spaces by Nicholas Provenzano tell the story of how he started and built a successful maker space at his school. His guidelines explain what one is, who can help you build one, where it should go, and what to put in it. He explains how it can promote project-based learning and turn failure into a positive thing. Every school should have a copy.

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Outliers: Gladwell’s 3rd Mega Hit – Revised Summary

November 22nd, 2018

Outliers: The Story of Success (©2008, Little Brown: New York, NY) is Malcolm Gladwell’s third mega best seller after The Tipping Point and Blink, both of which are summarized here. Gladwell looks at many notable situations where people or populations stand out from the crowd. He finds that circumstances and effort are more important than talent. There are many lessons here for educators and parents.

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Tags: Bill Gates, Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers, The Beatles
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After the Education Wars: How Smart Schools Upend the Business of Reform by Andrea Gabor

November 19th, 2018

After the Education Wars: How Smart Schools Upend the Business of Reform by Andrea Gabor uses examples of successful and failing schools to demonstrate how the principles promoted by W. Edwards Deming can lead to school improvement. She provides extended histories of reforms in New York City, Massachusetts, Texas, and New Orleans to show how democratic grassroots reforms are more likely to work than the top-down approaches used in most states and cities. Everyone with the power to impact school reform needs to read this.

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All Children, Including Those with Learning Disabilities, Benefit from the Arts by Lillian Brooks

October 26th, 2018

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All Children, Including Those with Learning Disabilities, Benefit from the Arts by Lillian Brooks explains how all children can benefit from increased exposure to the arts. This article also contains a number of links to first-rate resources to help parents and educators bring more of the arts to homes and classrooms.

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Chiropractic Adjustments: Real Treatment or Real Quackery? by Reyshimar Arguelles

Your Starter Guide to Maker Spaces by Nicholas Provenzano

Outliers: Gladwell’s 3rd Mega Hit – Revised Summary

After the Education Wars: How Smart Schools Upend the Business of Reform by Andrea Gabor

All Children, Including Those with Learning Disabilities, Benefit from the Arts by Lillian Brooks

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