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Math for Multiple Intelligences explains how a middle-school math teacher realized she was boring and jump-started her career — and her students. (More about the photograph)

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Closing the achievement gap Research shows a significant gap between the academic performances of students from different racial and ethnic groups and between students from poor and non-poor families. Find strategies to help close the achievement gap.
Kinetic connections: Bloom's taxonomy in action An introduction to strategies for using the web to push your students to higher levels of thinking.
Advantages and concerns of handheld technologies for school use Here are some issues to consider before deciding that handheld computers are right for your school.

From simple articles to in-depth tutorials and entire books, our best practices provide teachers (and administrators) with a wide range of self-guided professional development.

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LEARN NC, a program of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education, finds the most innovative and successful practices in K–12 education and makes them available to the teachers and students of North Carolina — and the world.