Elementary Education News » General Education http://elementaryeducationnews.com News to Help Your Children's Educational Success From Around the Web Tue, 19 Apr 2011 04:47:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Let’s Get Ready To Hear Your Ideas on Education Reform! http://elementaryeducationnews.com/2011/04/18/let%e2%80%99s-get-ready-to-hear-your-ideas-on-education-reform/ http://elementaryeducationnews.com/2011/04/18/let%e2%80%99s-get-ready-to-hear-your-ideas-on-education-reform/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 04:47:16 +0000 El Ed Mom http://elementaryeducationnews.com/?p=461 How can we galvanize teachers, educators, parents, students, unions & administrators to truly fight for better schools with real concessions; finally putting the needs of America’s youth first?  

http://www.facebook.com/momcongress

After attending the 2nd Annual Mom Congress 2011 Conference (#mc2011) in DC along with educational leaders, 2011 Mom Delegates from each state and 2010 Mom Delegate Mentors from across the country, I would love to know your thoughts on how to walk this tightrope without getting hung up on each political agenda?  For additional information or to join our voice, visit us at http://www.facebook.com/momcongress.

]]> http://elementaryeducationnews.com/2011/04/18/let%e2%80%99s-get-ready-to-hear-your-ideas-on-education-reform/feed/ 0 Let’s Get Ready to enter Mom Congress 2011 http://elementaryeducationnews.com/2011/01/24/let%e2%80%99s-get-ready-to-enter-mom-congress-2011/ http://elementaryeducationnews.com/2011/01/24/let%e2%80%99s-get-ready-to-enter-mom-congress-2011/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 11:00:55 +0000 El Ed Mom http://elementaryeducationnews.com/?p=455 Do you know of a deserving mom who is passionate about education?  If so please nominate her for the 2011 Mom Congress and join me in Washington DC in April to meet Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan!  Mom Congress has changed my life! Please pass this amazing gift forward and enter before 1/31/11

http://www.parenting.com/forward?path=node%2F123833

]]> http://elementaryeducationnews.com/2011/01/24/let%e2%80%99s-get-ready-to-enter-mom-congress-2011/feed/ 0 Let’s Get Ready for Mayo Clinic http://elementaryeducationnews.com/2011/01/23/let%e2%80%99s-get-ready-for-mayo-clinic/ http://elementaryeducationnews.com/2011/01/23/let%e2%80%99s-get-ready-for-mayo-clinic/#comments Sun, 23 Jan 2011 16:55:44 +0000 El Ed Mom http://elementaryeducationnews.com/?p=453 I am traveling to Mayo Clinic with my Mom this week for her Colon Cancer but we will be watching our beloved Packers take on those Bears!

Go Pack Go!

And if the Packers win on Sunday….

Let’s Get Ready For The SuperBowl

Congratulations to my Green Bay Packers

]]> http://elementaryeducationnews.com/2011/01/23/let%e2%80%99s-get-ready-for-mayo-clinic/feed/ 0 Let’s Get Ready to Celebrate Green with 50% coupon sheet! http://elementaryeducationnews.com/2010/12/15/let%e2%80%99s-get-ready-to-celebrate-green-with-50-coupon-sheet/ http://elementaryeducationnews.com/2010/12/15/let%e2%80%99s-get-ready-to-celebrate-green-with-50-coupon-sheet/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 06:34:44 +0000 El Ed Mom http://elementaryeducationnews.com/?p=444 Gear up for your holiday shopping season with these amazing deals: 

http://bit.ly/dAEUUI

]]> http://elementaryeducationnews.com/2010/12/15/let%e2%80%99s-get-ready-to-celebrate-green-with-50-coupon-sheet/feed/ 0 Let’s Get Ready To Weigh In…! http://elementaryeducationnews.com/2010/11/19/let%e2%80%99s-get-ready-to-weigh-in%e2%80%a6/ http://elementaryeducationnews.com/2010/11/19/let%e2%80%99s-get-ready-to-weigh-in%e2%80%a6/#comments Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:23:38 +0000 El Ed Mom http://elementaryeducationnews.com/?p=442 Do you think paying this University Professor a Million Dollar salary is outrageous or just good business? Leave a comment and let us know your opinion!

Clark Atlanta University’s president made a million in 2008. That’s outrageous

At the time, those moves provoked widespread controversy on campus – a group even took Broadnax to court – but they seemed necessary. Now, it turns out that the hatchet man who was cutting classes and hiking tuitions was paid more than a million dollars in 2008, according to a new survey in the Chronicle of Higher Education (via The Daily Beast). (Broadnax is 22nd on the list.) That’s simply outrageous.

2:33 pm November 15, 2010, by ctucker

When Walter Broadnax took the helm of one of Atlanta’s historically black colleges – Clark Atlanta University – in 2002, the school, he said, was in financial trouble. So he set about laying off professors, shutting down some programs and increasing the tuition.

Click Here to read more.

]]> http://elementaryeducationnews.com/2010/11/19/let%e2%80%99s-get-ready-to-weigh-in%e2%80%a6/feed/ 0 Let’s Get Ready For More from MrsP.com! http://elementaryeducationnews.com/2010/11/09/let%e2%80%99s-get-ready-for-more-from-mrsp-com/ http://elementaryeducationnews.com/2010/11/09/let%e2%80%99s-get-ready-for-more-from-mrsp-com/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 09:00:08 +0000 El Ed Mom http://elementaryeducationnews.com/?p=439 Fans of this site know that I am a huge fan of Mrs. P.  Parents no more excuses about finding time to read to your child, this free website does all the work for you with the amazing Mrs. P.  But now, Mrs. P has an interactive fairy tale book to help kids learn to read!  WOO HOO!!! Check it out…

MrsP.com Releases First Interactive Fairy Tale Book

Kids Learn Reading Skills in Conjunction with Free Website

MrsP.com, the popular, award-winning children’s storytelling website, announced the publication today of its first interactive storybook, which uses Internet technology in a new way to help kids learn to read.  Mrs. P’s Four Favorite Fairy Tales and Funny Stories collects in book form stories and introductions available on video at the free website and at the iTunes Store.  Children will be able to follow along in the book as Mrs. P, played by The Drew Carey Show star Kathy Kinney, reads the stories with them.

“I’m very proud of Mrs. P’s new book because of its unique ability to help young readers improve their skills,” said Kinney. “Children and parents can open the book and read along with me at my website.  We even have a Magic Dictionary at MrsP.com, so if kids comes across a word they don’t know, they can just pause the video and easily find out what it means.” 

Studies have shown one of the most productive ways for children to improve their reading skills, particularly for learning ‘sight words,’ is to see the words as they are read to.  “Everyone’s worried about the Internet making books and reading obsolete.  We’ve found a wonderful way to make them work together,” Kinney said. 

The new book includes “Jack and the Beanstalk” and “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” features 90 original color illustrations and offers new, comic introductions to the stories from Mrs. P. 

“Mrs. P’s Four Favorite Fairy Tales and Funny Stories” will be available to the public at Amazon and other booksellers across the country via online ordering.  Additional information, including a downloadable flyer, can be found at http://www.mrsp.com/Purchase.aspx

Ten percent of all MrsP.com’s after-tax profits from these sales will be donated by Mrs. P Enterprises, LLC to literacy organizations.

“Mrs. P’s Four Favorite Fairy Tales and Funny Stories”

ISBN: 978-0-615-39355-1 Binding: Paperback Trim: Color 8.5 x 8.5 in Pages: 126  and over 90 original color illustration Genre: Juvenile Fiction: Fairy Tales & Folklore – Anthologies Target Audience: Children ages 4 to 10

Cover Price: $19.95

Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Favorite-Fairy-Tales-Funny-Stories/dp/0615393551/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1288744154&sr=1-1

Also see Mrs. P’s special video about her new book: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKFak9xSmUQ

Photos and other info about Mrs. P can be found at her press site. http://www.press.mrsp.com/

]]> http://elementaryeducationnews.com/2010/11/09/let%e2%80%99s-get-ready-for-more-from-mrsp-com/feed/ 0 Let’s Get Ready For Parents as Teachers! http://elementaryeducationnews.com/2010/11/08/let%e2%80%99s-get-ready-for-parents-as-teachers/ http://elementaryeducationnews.com/2010/11/08/let%e2%80%99s-get-ready-for-parents-as-teachers/#comments Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:10:45 +0000 El Ed Mom http://elementaryeducationnews.com/?p=437 I am in St. Louis today talking about getting ready for Kindergarten at the Parents as Teachers Conference.  Parents you are your child’s first and foremost teacher and this organization is a great resource for you! Check it out:  www.parentsasteachers.org

]]> http://elementaryeducationnews.com/2010/11/08/let%e2%80%99s-get-ready-for-parents-as-teachers/feed/ 0 Let’s Get Ready For Oprah’s Solution Show! http://elementaryeducationnews.com/2010/11/01/let%e2%80%99s-get-ready-for-oprah%e2%80%99s-solution-show/ http://elementaryeducationnews.com/2010/11/01/let%e2%80%99s-get-ready-for-oprah%e2%80%99s-solution-show/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 11:02:56 +0000 El Ed Mom http://elementaryeducationnews.com/?p=433 I am not able to speak nationally on the Oprah Show; but I was able to speak to the Oprah Audience 2 minutes prior to LIVE on Oprah!  That was her reaction show…we need the solutions show!  What is your solution to our educational crisis?

Wisconsin women hoping to get an education megaphone on Oprah
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/103653524.html)

Also invited to be in the Friday audience is Stacey Kannenberg, a mother of two schoolchildren who lives in the Town of Fredonia and started a series of “Get Ready to Learn” books.

Share your ideas at your own Educational Meet Up:
http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Meet-Up-with-Viewers-to-Discuss-Education

Milwaukee is having one on Saturday, November 6th at 3:00 at the Sherman Park Coffee Shop, 4924 W. Roosevelt Drive, Milwaukee, WI  53021. Will you be attending?

]]> http://elementaryeducationnews.com/2010/11/01/let%e2%80%99s-get-ready-for-oprah%e2%80%99s-solution-show/feed/ 0 Let’s Get Ready To Stop Morning Mania! http://elementaryeducationnews.com/2010/10/25/let%e2%80%99s-get-ready-to-stop-morning-mania/ http://elementaryeducationnews.com/2010/10/25/let%e2%80%99s-get-ready-to-stop-morning-mania/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:00:59 +0000 El Ed Mom http://elementaryeducationnews.com/?p=431 Does it always have to be just another manic Monday? Well, stop wishing it were a Sunday and let Amy McCready, founder of Positive Parenting Solutions, help you get a grip on your family’s morning routine and quash the counterproductive chaos.  Seriously those manic mornings can take a toll on your own mood and productivity; Amy has some great tips in her appearance with The Today Show’s Katie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb to help with your morning routine:

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/39778257#39778257

]]> http://elementaryeducationnews.com/2010/10/25/let%e2%80%99s-get-ready-to-stop-morning-mania/feed/ 0 Let’s Get Ready For Baby & Kid Trends from the ABC Expo! http://elementaryeducationnews.com/2010/10/24/let%e2%80%99s-get-ready-for-baby-kid-trends-from-the-abc-expo/ http://elementaryeducationnews.com/2010/10/24/let%e2%80%99s-get-ready-for-baby-kid-trends-from-the-abc-expo/#comments Sun, 24 Oct 2010 09:00:20 +0000 El Ed Mom http://elementaryeducationnews.com/?p=427 I missed being with Alison Rhodes at the ABC Kids Expo this year in Las Vegas.  After seeing the video, I feel like I got a taste of all the new hot trends in baby and kids products!

http://thesafetymom.wordpress.com/

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