Four ways to make teacher evaluations meaningful

The Hechinger Report - Ross Wiener and Danielle M. Gonzales [...]

May 31st, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Is Rushdie right about rote learning? Is Rushdie right about rote learning?

The Guardian - Homa Khaleeli "What can you recite by [...]

May 31st, 2016|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Reading Aloud Can Help Bridge Gaps in Language Learning

The Liberty Voice - Gichele Cocrelle "Reading aloud is a [...]

May 30th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Languages, Learning, News, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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No need to be anxious, it’s just Mandarin

The Global Times - Loraine Lu "The most frequent question [...]

May 30th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Brain development and Language, Childhood Education, Children, China, Chinese, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, Mandarin, News, School, Teacher, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Forecast of Global Education Sector Sees Growth, STEM Focus

Education News - Raymond Scott "The Intelligence Unit of The [...]

May 30th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Global, Globalized World, Learning, News, School, School Accountability, STEM, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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What One District’s Data Mining Did For Chronic Absence

NPR - Elissa Nadworny "Research shows that such students are [...]

May 30th, 2016|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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The Benefits of Teaching in Two Languages

The Atlantic - Valeria Pelet "From New York to Utah, [...]

May 29th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Boys who live with books ‘earn more as adults’

The Guardian - Jamie Doward "New research has uncovered a [...]

May 29th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Books, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Can the UK and US Close Their Language Gap?

Care2 - Lizabeth Paulat "New findings by the University of [...]

May 29th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Foreign Language, Great Britain (UK), Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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A Much-Needed Pre-K Primer

The U.S. News and World Report - Katharine Stevens "At [...]

May 29th, 2016|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Child-care, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Learning, News, Preschool, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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