Play is a vital part of developing social skills as well as skills that will develop life long learners later on. ... We need to find out how a child learns best and as we use a variety of methods to teach them, we can also set up independent studies for them, so they can show us what they can do in their own terms. Sometimes there just isn't any way around lecture, but does that mean that we have to make it the bulk of the lesson? ... How about going beyond lesson plans and rubrics, and realizing that in this profession you"re job doesn't end when the last bell rings? ...

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By the late 1990s, there can be no doubt that DARE stood alongside Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) as one of the premier problem-oriented social movements of its time. ... The only problem, according to numerous of studies on the program is that DARE does not work. ... Gary Peterson of Colorado, the founder of the fledgling national group Parents Against DARE, says, "Our schools are giving away more and more time to social-engineering programs that have not been sufficiently researched." ... During these weekly classes, DARE officers taught the following: Personal safety practices; D...

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