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High School Writing Prize: Art Analysis
I just received an email from the CollegeBoard announcing “that The Atlantic & College Board Writing Prize has returned for a second year. In last year’s contest, more than 3,000 high school...
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Try the Literacy Design Program’s FREE Lessons
Have you heard about the Literacy Design Collaborative? The LDC equips teachers with the tools and training needed to effectively implement College and Career Readiness Standards in K–12 classrooms so...
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From STEM to STEAM
Edutopia recently posted several resources on incorporating the Arts into STEM lessons. This is something we are committed to as well, so I thought passing along these resources makes sense. Enjoy!...
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Celebrate National Deaf History Month
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) urges everyone to recognize and celebrate March 13 – April 15 as National Deaf History Month. After all, three key moments in Deaf history occurred during...
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Tech Tools, Image Libraries Transforming Art History Classes
The other day I had the pleasure of observing our school’s AP Art History class, and the students were so excited when the teacher incorporated the Khan Academy’s art videos during a lesson on...
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Critical Thinking & the Arts
It’s not everyday we have one of our own MLHS faculty published. That’s why you should read Chris’s article “Help Music Students Discover Critical Thinking” from the SmartMusic blog. Where We Live...
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Shakespeare Soliloquies on Demand
As part of a district arts initiative, each of our buildings has planned to commemorate the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death. Teachers may find the Guardian’s “Shakespeare Solos” video...
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Smithsonian Learning Lab
This summer I am going to try to take the kids to Washington DC. I would love to take students there, but of course it is a bit of a haul! If you can’t take your students to the Smithsonian live and...
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Amazon’s INSPIRE Set to Help Teachers
Fresh off today’s NYT Website: Amazon Unveils Online Education Service for Teachers Just ahead of the back-to-school season, Amazon plans to make a major foray into the education technology market for...
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Free Holocaust Memoir for Students
Thanks to Kean University’s Holocaust Resource Center, we were gifted 50 free copies of the memoir The Children of Willesden Lane. Based on the true story of her mother, Mona Golabek describes the...
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