thebookjam: BookJam blog: Future States TV: ITVS has worked with several dynamic filmmakers to create a series of an incredibl... http://bit.ly/ba95Dd

thebookjam: BookJam blog: One Day on Earth Project: The One Day on Earth project is a fascinating opportunity for educators to... http://bit.ly/d6IwLJ

thebookjam: BookJam blog: Yanking itself from the rancid ranks of physical incarnation. (a.k.a. a-notha brick in the wall.): B... http://bit.ly/aIwent

Brick by brick, the brick and mortar world - and the world of print - is being disassembled, reconfigured, re-imagined, re-constituted and re-discombulated right in front of our astonished eyes.
(But go ahead and keep doing things "same as it ever was" as David Byrne of th…

Secretaries Sebelius and Duncan announced a national coalition to enroll five million children in Medicaid and CHIP within five years.

thebookjam: BookJam blog: The gateway drug for teachers...: It's well reported that the gateway drug to harder drugs is the (o... http://bit.ly/aOUiLi

Alabama, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Nebraska, and Tennessee are among the states that will receive funding to support education jobs.

It's well reported that the gateway drug to harder drugs is the (ostensibly) less dangerous drug marijuana.
Weed, as anti-drug crusaders, like to say, is the siren seductress which leads unwitting tokers towards the rocky shores of shipwrecked doom. And though they oversimplify matters a bi…

Read Secretary Duncan's remarks to state leaders about Race to the Top Assessment winners and the next generation of assessments.

thebookjam: BookJam blog: "How can I better support you?" (and other phrases rarely uttered by administrators.): "How can I be... http://bit.ly/aQouPh

"How can I better support you?" When is the last time an admin walked into your room and actually uttered those words with nothing more than their "listening ears" on?
I mean really, how dysfunctional are our teacher/admin relationships these days?
I don't even…

thebookjam: BookJam forum: We all make mistakes...: We all make mistakes... but having them caught on tape for lifelong embarr... http://bit.ly/d1H1J6

We all make mistakes... but having them caught on tape for lifelong embarrassment is something entirely different!

Secretary Duncan commended California for being the first state to submit an application under the Education Jobs Fund.

thebookjam: BIG announcement from @alansitomer! http://bit.ly/bzDeFh

thebookjam: Fall webinar schedule posted! We'll be adding more as we go along. http://bit.ly/dwWN0h

thebookjam: BookJam blog: The teacher as "professional diagnostician".: Why do I choose the books I choose for my class? Me, I... http://bit.ly/bM8WlX

Why do I choose the books I choose for my class? Me, I always spent a lot of time thinking about the choices of text for my students because, well, for one... I could.
Unfortunately, teachers today are seeing more and more and more micro-management of their curriculums/books/texts by people…

thebookjam: Find out how your class can talk to an author in our "Motivate! Author Interview Series". http://bit.ly/asdrGf

thebookjam: Do your students have some questions for their favorite authors? Check out our "Motivate! Author Interview Series". http://bit.ly/asdrGf