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End-of-Year Haiku Contest ...

The end of another academic year approaches, and your friends at EdWorld want to give you a chance to win a $50 gift card to your choice of Starbucks, Target or Amazon. Ready to get creative? & ...


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MERIDEN, CT.— Education World has updated its teacher collaboration platform, the Education World Community, to make searching for educator-shared content easier and more precise. &n ...


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Welcome to the EducationWorld Community!

July 15, 2011 - 01:47 pm

Welcome to the EducationWorld Community! I hope you’ve found my blog, Of Principal Concern, interesting and useful. We’ll be retiring this blog, but will continue to serve educators with a new blog called “Pulse.” ...

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Of Principal Concern: Sun Safety, Toolkit for ...

May 03, 2011 - 02:46 pm

Did you know that there are more cases of skin cancer each year than cases of breast, colon, lung, and prostate cancers combined? That adds up to more than one million Americans getting skin cancer annually. To help reduce the rising rate ...

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Of Principal Concern: Contests Inspire Student ...

April 18, 2011 - 03:32 pm

With National Poetry Month winding down and National Pet Week (May 1-5, 2011) just around the corner, what better time could there be to get kids writing poems about the animals that are so near and dear to them? Post some of those poems in ...

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Of Principal Concern: Celebrate Staff/Teacher ...

April 13, 2011 - 08:41 pm

Education World columnist Diane Hodges has great ideas for improving school climate all year long. Her free Looking Forward to Monday Morning newsletter is packed with practical ideas for motivating and recognizing your staff. If you were o ...

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Of Principal Concern: Plan a Heroes Fair for N ...

April 01, 2011 - 04:42 pm

At Arthur Rann Elementary School in Galloway, New Jersey, students look forward to the annual Heroes Fair. Every fifth grader participates in this event that brings together the entire K-6 school community for a celebration of heroes and th ...

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Of Principal Concern: Is a Digital Library in ...

April 01, 2011 - 04:08 pm

These days, the library at Lamar High School in Houston, Texas, is looking a lot more like a caf than a library. And Principal John McSwain has never seen so many kids in the library before. As a matter of fact, the library's hours have ...

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