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For a kid, there is nothing better than summer break.  No pencils, no books, no more teachers with dirty looks; for a kid, an endless summer would be the best thing in the world. Unfortunately for all the giddy children, summertime needs to come to an end. Right now America’s education system is on the ropes, and one of the ways Americans can help fix its education system is to implemen …

School librarian Michael Brown had a problem.  At his school, when a teacher would bring their class to the school's library, it meant the library was effectively closed to everyone else for that period.  Michael was trying to think of a way to break the large room into two smaller spaces and make the space more flexible so that more people could make use of the libr …

Classrooms around the country continue to undergo a fundamental change.  Hence, today, technology is a mainstream in most US classrooms. As personal devises and computer labs take over the classrooms, the design of the classroom must change. In response, educators need to explore ways to maximize the use of their classroom space to make room for 21st-century teaching tools.  To acco …

Finding ways to keep students focused before the holidays is a difficult undertaking for teachers and parents, and for students as well.  For many teachers, the difficult days start just before Thanksgiving and don't let up until the last bell sounds on the final school day before Christmas vacation. The Power of 8 To help corral some of that pent-up energy between now and the break, tea …