Author Archives: Dawn LoMauro

We our hosting our 1st Annual Hillside School District Job Fair.  Will would like to invite any interested candidates to come and meet our Team.

Please see flyer with further details.  If any questions do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank …

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Ebele Azikiwe was in the sixth grade last year when February came and it was time to learn about Black history again. She was, by then, familiar with the curriculum: Rosa Parks, the Rev. Martin Luther King …

Students and their teachers need critical thinking now more than ever. This is true not only because of the analytical challenges that critical thinking provides but also because of the social function that is served by civil discourse—that is, we …

FROM CONNECTIONS TO COMMUNITY

I was recently talking to a colleague about how a positive from the pandemic has been the large number of connections that we have been able to build that would not have been possible otherwise. Geography …

“Interview an expert on this topic!”
“Interview a scientist in the field!”
“Interview a relative about this period in history!”

Asking our students to interview someone sounds like an engaging learning activity, right? For many students, though, this may …

Technology continues to have a profound impact on today’s students, allowing students across the globe to compete on equal footing and to broaden their horizons like never before. With the help of technology, the ever-changing needs of modern learners are …

The University of Texas at San Antonio is working with elementary school educators to nurture an early interest in cybersecurity, starting with a simple card game. 

The University of Texas at San Antonio Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security recently …

Students benefit from working with their teachers to develop core tenets that guide their behavior in school and at home.

Good teaching involves character building. I find myself worrying as much about students’ hearts as I do about their minds—or their …

Students come to us in all shapes and sizes, with all different abilities and challenges, and it is our job to both identify and meet those various needs. But what if those “needs” aren’t measured on a formal assessment, or …

For Quentin Lee, injecting a little fun into the day — whether directly or through MC Hammer parodies — is critical to building relationships and driving engagement.

Finding ways to inject fun into learning is crucial even in the best of time, …