Daily Archives: November 25, 2008

Critical teacher shortages

During the next state board of education meeting, the need to address critical teacher shortages in certain teaching fields for the 2009-2010 school year will be discussed. This action item shows that “middle and high school level science” is one … Continue reading

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Pond scum in the classroom

The fifth-grade students learned some interesting hands-on stuff, but the teacher was a little … worried. Casey Turner watched as two buckets of fresh pond water — full of writhing bloodworms, mosquito larvae, water bugs and other aquatic wildlife — … Continue reading

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