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Teaching and Learning

March 1, 2009

• Humor and kids: It's good for them

February 23, 2009

• Ohio groups tagged for bad education research

February 14, 2009

• Middle school: Where dreams are made

February 12, 2009

• Diary of a wimpy reporter

February 11, 2009

• Another kind of learning -- about the world

February 9, 2009

• Student achivement: all in their minds?

February 5, 2009

• A review of Strickland's education plan, Part 2

February 4, 2009

• A review of Strickland's education plan, Part 1

February 1, 2009

• What's the biggest idea in Strickland's plan?

January 31, 2009

• Maybe we don't want to model India and China

November 14, 2008

• This is a beautiful story

October 14, 2008

• Latest evidence: U.S. not up to par in math

September 23, 2008

• Does more time in school make the difference?

August 20, 2008

• Prom cop wins at the state fair

August 9, 2008

• Sewing champ helps police the prom

August 3, 2008

• Will they arm wrestle over math and science teachers?

July 26, 2008

• A lesson in living

July 5, 2008

• Special ed in a small town

June 29, 2008

• Career mentorship done right

June 8, 2008

• Kids and politics: A learning experience

June 4, 2008

• Ed Week gives Ohio a good grade for graduation rate

May 13, 2008

• Engineering jobs, math and the future

April 28, 2008

• Math: Put away the blocks and balls?

April 25, 2008

• Fireworks over gender and education

April 17, 2008

• Are American schools getting a bad rap?

April 8, 2008

• Ever wonder what the kids think?

April 3, 2008

• Flunking at school? Get banned from fun

March 31, 2008

• Grad rates: simple question, complicated answer

March 29, 2008

• Our problem with mathematics

March 20, 2008

• The mystery of graduation rates

March 13, 2008

• The difference between moms and dads

March 5, 2008

• Boys vs. Girls: A scientific divide?

February 20, 2008

• Was it bad enough to close school Wednesday?

February 14, 2008

• Science education in Dayton wins big

January 30, 2008

• America's worst jobs (and the kids who work them)
• A science high school for the Dayton area

January 29, 2008

• What do you think about the "bodies" exhibit?
• Nothing "preliminary" about it

January 21, 2008

• MLK Day march: Where are the burbs?

January 17, 2008

• Teaching overrated?

January 15, 2008

• Wake up people!

January 8, 2008

• Post industrial Midwest: not sure education matters

January 2, 2008

• Boys are a mess academically

December 5, 2007

• Are snow days really necessary?

November 5, 2007

• Now you can see if the teachers misbehave

September 14, 2007

• "Marley" author visits Kettering school

August 22, 2007

• Warren County has teaching jobs ... and hot competition

August 17, 2007

• Districts send collectors after parents

August 13, 2007

• Too much science and math?

July 18, 2007

• Summer in the city: That's where break began

July 16, 2007

• Survivor: Real life edition

July 6, 2007

• Dayton: Most divorced U.S. city

June 27, 2007

• The great teaching job shortage

June 17, 2007

• Teachers, "merit" and pay raises

June 14, 2007

• Do bored teens make great entreprenuers?

March 25, 2007

• School trouble? Let's go to the MRI

March 13, 2007

• School sued over leaf project

March 6, 2007

• Local librarian: Controversial book a winner

March 1, 2007

• Video game obsession: Not just for boys?

February 20, 2007

• The childrens' book says what?!?!

February 15, 2007

• Video games: A boy's curse?

February 9, 2007

• A science high school for the Miami Valley

February 1, 2007

• Teacher pay compared
• Urban schools' average teacher pay
• Miami Valley average teacher pay

January 12, 2007

• Breaking the T.V. spell

January 5, 2007

• What to do with kids in the middle?
• Kettering's weirdness

January 3, 2007

• Learn or die, literally

January 2, 2007

• Get the kids out of the library!

January 1, 2007

• Education predictions for 2007?

December 29, 2006

• The power of encouragement

December 17, 2006

• Would teachers trade pensions for big pay?

December 6, 2006

• Services for Tom Mooney set

December 4, 2006

• Saying goodbye to Tom Mooney

November 30, 2006

• Bill Gates: Small isn't so big anymore

November 29, 2006

• Sports math: From radical to mainstream?

November 27, 2006

• Education's future: Will we do what works?

November 25, 2006

• How to make a teacher

November 23, 2006

• Happy (?) Thanksgiving

November 22, 2006

• The politics of homework

November 20, 2006

• Why do teachers really leave the profession?

October 31, 2006

• Shoot for the moon (or Mars)

October 29, 2006

• The natives are restless

October 26, 2006

• What it's really like to be a biracial student

October 19, 2006

• Define lazy

October 13, 2006

• Cursive may be toast (good riddance!)
• How to get an A in an AP/Honors class

October 9, 2006

• Mark Cuban's message

September 28, 2006

• Google as teacher

September 18, 2006

• Teaching: What really makes it great?
• Teacher qualifications

September 17, 2006

• The most educated teachers

September 16, 2006

• The most, and least, experienced teachers

September 15, 2006

• The best and worst teacher attendance

September 14, 2006

• The moment the lightbulb goes on

August 24, 2006

• Pluto's peril and other planet problems

August 10, 2006

• Do schools even matter?

July 10, 2006

• The "inspiring" lessons of summer jobs

July 5, 2006

• Guidance when kids need it most

July 2, 2006

• First year teachers: Read This!

July 1, 2006

• The best teacher voices, updated!

June 22, 2006

• Reasons to love (and fear) Bible school

June 21, 2006

• The best teacher blogs

June 18, 2006

• Engineers vs. math teachers

June 8, 2006

• If you know math, is teaching easy?

June 5, 2006

• Myth vs. reality? High tech jobs and the future

June 2, 2006

• Intel's chairman on improving U.S. education

May 31, 2006

• Teaching kids about money

May 22, 2006

• Your classroom teacher, 20 years later

May 16, 2006

• Learning to prosper, or go broke

May 10, 2006

• When an A = just par for the course

May 9, 2006

• Half of new teachers don't make it

May 7, 2006

• Silver bullet reform

May 5, 2006

• What it takes to be a teacher

May 3, 2006

• It's easy to be a teacher

April 30, 2006

• Maybe class size doesn't matter

April 28, 2006

• When teens have jobs, schoolwork suffers

April 27, 2006

• Becoming the nation's best teacher

April 25, 2006

• Stealing teachers away from kids!

April 24, 2006

• Americans not deep thinkers?

April 14, 2006

• A final word on the Oprah shows

April 12, 2006

• Oprah's ideas for better schools
• Awaiting Oprah's solutions

April 11, 2006

• Did Oprah's take surprise you?

April 10, 2006

• Oprah: Schools worse than you think

March 28, 2006

• Does Google make you dumber?

March 2, 2006

• Problem Solving: What a concept

February 27, 2006

• Maybe TV is GOOD for young brains?

February 23, 2006

• Death to cursive writing!

February 10, 2006

• The teachable moment

February 2, 2006

• Oprah bans homeschoolers

January 29, 2006

• Taft's case for HS standards

January 27, 2006

• What makes a person smart?

January 22, 2006

• What makes a "rigorous" high school?

January 14, 2006

• Is America really stupid?

December 16, 2005

• Five things I wish I knew in high school

December 14, 2005

• Chasing inspiration
• Don't get hurt or sick at school

December 12, 2005

• What educators can learn from football

December 8, 2005

• Dogs teach kids to read?

November 25, 2005

• What makes a genius kid?

November 18, 2005

• Middle school mess

November 8, 2005

• When teachers cheat

November 7, 2005

• Five tips for parents

November 5, 2005

• Why homework matters

October 13, 2005

• Good vs. evil and other great stories

October 12, 2005

• The war of the words over what kids need to know

October 6, 2005

• A culture of fear for our kids

October 1, 2005

• Race and young children

September 29, 2005

• Bullet points and red ink forbidden!

September 25, 2005

• The resurrection of Chris Barron and the Spin Doctors

September 23, 2005

• Wow! Gas shortage closes schools
• Oakwood teachers ready to fight

September 21, 2005

• Oakwood, Centerville called great high schools

September 20, 2005

• Oakwood, teachers tiff not over

September 10, 2005

• A difference of 20 million words

September 9, 2005

• Raising self confident girls

September 8, 2005

• Behind the classroom door

September 1, 2005

• Mr. D and the island whisperer
• "I hate lefties!"

August 29, 2005

• Freak info you should know

August 23, 2005

• I don't want that teacher!

August 19, 2005

• Talking Terry takes on Busy Brenda

August 14, 2005

• The lessons of history

August 11, 2005

• Your kid's brain

August 9, 2005

• Sept. 11 changed her life
• When a nine-year-old gets it
• A busy news day