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Look! Learn! Go!

By Mary Palin · March 9, 2010 · Comments(0)

We are pleased to announce that tribes.com has a new look and feature.  Notice our home page; you will see two important large “buttons”.  One is a quick and important link to our friends at CASEL, and the other is our new page called Teach Community; Learning Experiences for Tribes Educators.
CASEL is the Collaborative [...]

Building School-Based Teacher Learning Communities

By admin · March 5, 2010 · Comments(0)

Building on extensive evidence that school-based teacher learning communities improve student outcomes, this book lays out an agenda to develop and sustain collaborative professional cultures.
McLaughlin and Talbert-foremost scholars of school change and teaching contexts-provide an inside look at the processes, resources, and system strategies that are necessary to build vibrant school-based teacher learning communities.
Offering a [...]

Discovering Gifts in Middle School

By admin · March 5, 2010 · Comments(0)

Learning in a Caring Culture Called Tribes motivates and supports middle level schools to make adolescents’ developmental growth and learning needs – during this most critical stage of their lives – the over-riding focus of the whole school community.
The author and her colleagues present a lively synthesis of a wealth of research studies and effective [...]

Closing the Achievement Gap

By admin · March 4, 2010 · Comments(0)

This second edition delves deeper into the reasons and remedies for the gaps in achievement that exist among racial and socioeconomic groups in the United States. Going beyond the original edition’s focus on urban schools, the authors explore achievement gaps in a range of indicators–grades test scores, dropout rates, and more–in every kind of school [...]

The ABC’s of Wellness for Teachers

By admin · March 3, 2010 · Comments(0)

How can you keep your balance and stay healthy in the midst of all the demands of teaching? With its quick tips for making wellness a regular part of your day, this alphabetical guide will help you:

improve your habits,
maintain a positive outlook,
reduce your chances of getting sick,
take control over your own happiness,
protect your time,
rejuvenate your [...]

John Dewey – Experience and Education:

By admin · March 3, 2010 · Comments(0)

Experience and Education offers educators and teachers a positive philosophy of education.  It evaluates the practices of both the traditional and the progressive schools and lucidly sets forth the defects of each of them.