Articles tagged: K-12 education
Ann Arbor Youth Art and Music Month in full swing downtown
Posted: Mar 18, 2011Artwork by local students is providing an extra feast for the eyes of downtown window-shoppers this month. Nearly 30 Ann Arbor businesses have made space in their display windows for pieces of art from all ... Read more »
Ann Arbor Learning Community turns trash into artwork as part of event celebrating diversity
Posted: Mar 13, 2011Ann Arbor Learning Community recently welcomed more than 11,000 additions to its school — all of them plastic bottle caps and lids that have been transformed into a colorful mosaic. Read more »
With slideshow: Pioneers for a day: Mitchell students learn winter survival skills
Posted: Feb 20, 2011Fifth graders from Mitchell Elementary School put the lessons they’ve been learning in class into practice on a winter survival trip on Friday. As part of the fifth grade curriculum, the students have been learning ... Read more »
Kindergarten roundups give parents a glimpse of school life in Ann Arbor
Posted: Feb 14, 2011Ann Arbor parents are putting the district's elementary schools to the test as kindergarten roundups begin for the 2011-2012 school year. “I want to get a feel for the school, the principal, and the teachers,” ... Read more »
'Let's Read Math' series aims to dispel 'math-phobia' in children
Posted: Feb 14, 2011Northside Elementary kindergartener Zakiya Fortner said she loves math and numbers. When she tried to show how much, she stretched her arms as far as she could and said, “really big!”She said her love for ... Read more »
Allen students learn respect for others at Disability Awareness Workshop
Posted: Feb 05, 2011Students at Allen Elementary School learned you can play the piano without fingers, among many other things at a Disability Awareness Workshop on Friday. Fourth-graders at the school participated in the one-day program designed to ... Read more »
A sign of the times? More kids can use a Smartphone than tie their shoes
Posted: Jan 25, 2011A recent article posted by Great Start for child care states that more children can use a smartphone than tie their shoes. Here is the article: http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/434010_kids24.html. As I read it a small part of ... Read more »
MLK assembly brings history to life for Burns Park students
Posted: Jan 22, 2011Students at Burns Park Elementary witnessed a portrayal of the struggles and triumphs of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s quest for equality in a play performed Friday afternoon. The production, “Struggle for Freedom,” depicted King’s ... Read more »
Play this fun animal game with restless kids
Posted: Dec 01, 2010Kids often get restless — whether it’s in a restaurant waiting on food, traveling, waiting in line, or maybe because they are all done with their food and are bored waiting for everyone else. So here ... Read more »
Make Smart Choices: Parenting workshop Tuesday at Strong Tower Ministry
Posted: Oct 21, 2010Have you ever told your child, “choose your friends wisely,” or “finish your homework before you go outside?” Sometimes they learn the hard way about making smart choices. Sacrificing sleep to complete a project that ... Read more »
Parenting: 'Waiting for Superman' documentary can teach kids to value education
Posted: Oct 06, 2010On a recent Oprah show the documentary "Waiting for Superman” was the topic of discussion. It has been described as “a gripping story about the state of public school systems in America.” It is told ... Read more »
'Wrestle the Great Fear' offers a dynamic look at teaching tonight at EMU
Posted: Sep 15, 2010My man Jeff Kass is performing his one-man show, Wrestle the Great Fear, Wednesday evening at the Eastern Michigan University Student Center. If you are now or have ever been a teacher or a student, ... Read more »
Parenting: Back to school, back to the PTA
Posted: Sep 13, 2010Friday morning was this year's PTA coffee kick off at my youngest son's elementary school. Lots of parents, familiar and brand new, showed up to drink coffee, munch doughnuts and bagels and talk about all ... Read more »
Parenting: Think students need a special place to study? Research says not so
Posted: Sep 08, 2010The New York Times had an interesting article on Monday refuting some commonly-held beliefs about effective study habits. The article draws heavily on the research of cognitive scientists, and contains some surprising (to me, anyway) ... Read more »
Ann Arbor-based energy group offering $500 grants to Michigan teachers with sustainable ideas
Posted: Sep 02, 2010Teachers across the state of Michigan aiming to make their classroom more sustainable are eligible to apply for a grant from Ann Arbor-based Energy Works Michigan. A joint project of the Ecology Center and Recycle ... Read more »
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