PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - PRWeb Press Release Account Feed http://www.prweb.com PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - Press Releases en PRWeb Distribution Newswire http://www.prweb.com/images_v4/prweb_logo_hv.jpg http://www.prweb.com 200 46 xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 Classroom Design Tips for Teachers at the Start of the School Year http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/08/prweb549443.htm Many classrooms have a new look at the start of the year -- more bare walls and blank bulletin boards. According to the latest brain research, this is a good thing. Classroom teachers and design experts Gail Boushey and Joan Moser explain how teachers are enlisting students early in the year to help create wall displays, and why this practice increases student learning. (PRWeb Aug 29, 2007)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/08/prweb549443.htm Winners Announced in the Choice Literacy "Why My Literacy Leader is Better Than Chocolate" Contest http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/02/prweb504563.htm Principals, teachers, and curriculum coordinators throughout the country are receiving Valentine's Day chocolates from an unexpected source - their colleagues who nominated them for "Chocolate Leadership" Awards. Godiva chocolates and professional development materials are being awarded this week to the winners of the "Why My Literacy Leader is Better Than Chocolate" Contest from Choice Literacy, a leadership organization for K-12 educators located in Dedham, Maine. (PRWeb Feb 14, 2007)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/02/prweb504563.htm What is a Literacy Coach? http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/08/prweb421601.htm If your experience with coaches is limited to the volunteers you see at Little League games, or the high-powered jocks in headsets on the sidelines in pro football games, you may want to check out the coaching going on in your local public school. Top-quality teachers are being tapped to assist their peers with analyzing the needs of readers and writers, developing lessons, and poring over assessment data to plan future instruction. These literacy coaches are becoming a vital part of many school staffs. (PRWeb Aug 10, 2006)

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