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Western sponsors upcoming workshop on end-of-life care
Hunter presents at Las Vegas conference
Green presents at Dallas TESOL conference
Miller, Ohana, Wallach present at teacher education conference
Oregon, Washington teacher prep programs draw praise from group critical of most colleges of education

In a study of how well more than 100 teacher preparation programs around the country prepare future teachers to manage classroom behavior, the National Council on Teacher Quality says the vast majority fall far short and it "could not identify a single program" that covered all five鈥

Technology brings today's students closer to the world

I have been a social studies teacher at Sehome High School for the last 13 years; it is the only high school that I have ever taught at. Truth be told, it is really the only high school I have really been in. I graduated from Sehome in 1993; I did both of my Western Washington University鈥

There鈥檚 a thin line between entertainment and education

Dave Stitt is probably best known at Peninsula High School as the chemistry teacher who sets his desk on fire. He has been a math and science teacher at Peninsula for eight years, and he鈥檚 always leaned toward the eccentric.

Humor and theatrics are an important鈥

Teachers for the future

Growing up, Mount Vernon High School counselor Juan Espinoza didn鈥檛 see a lot of teachers who looked like him. As a Latino student, he remembers seeing only one Latino teacher 鈥 but a lot of Latino custodians.
鈥淎t the time, it was the norm,鈥 Espinoza said. 鈥淣o one was questioning it, so鈥

Homegrown cellist Nick Strobel ready for 'Night Beat' chamber music concert

Bellingham Music Club presents the next concert in its "Night Beat" series at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, at Firehouse Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, 1314 Harris Ave.

The evening will feature chamber music from Whatcom Symphony Orchestra members - principal cellist Nick鈥

草榴社区 researchers to study math, science teaching methods in area schools

Starting this fall, researchers from Western Washington University will study local elementary school math and science teaching methods in an attempt to figure out if specialists - those who teach only one or two subjects - are more effective than those who are expected to teach all subject鈥

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