Atlanta Archives - Renascence School Group

A Mom Asks: What If We Talked With Our Kids About School the Way We Do About Football?

The 74 Million - Vesia Wilson-Hawkins "The Super Bowl. Football’s [...]

February 2nd, 2019|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Atlanta, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Georgia, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Sports, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

New study suggests STEM education needs a rebrand

11 Alive - Jennifer Leslie "A new study conducted by [...]

August 23rd, 2017|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Atlanta, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Georgia, Learning, News, STEM, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

Lawmaker: Make recess mandatory for schools

WSB TV - Richard Elliot "A state lawmaker wants to [...]

February 22nd, 2017|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Atlanta, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Georgia, Learning, News, Recess, School, School day, School District, School Policy, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

Are we stuck in the middle? Should districts ditch middle school and return to K-8?

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Maureen Downey "For the past 13 [...]

September 25th, 2016|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Atlanta, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Georgia, Learning, Middle School, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

What matters more than class size and spending in student achievement? Intensive tutoring.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution - Maureen Downey My AJC colleague [...]

July 17th, 2016|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Atlanta, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Georgia, Learning, News, Teacher, Tutoring, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

Is competency-based learning the next big thing in school reform?

E-School News - Ty Tagami "In a typical Georgia school, [...]

December 2nd, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Atlanta, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Competency-based Education, Current Events, Education, Georgia, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

Honesty is best policy as Georgia learns fewer than 40 percent of kids on track in reading, math

The Atlanta Journal Constitution - Maureen Downey "Michael J. Petrilli [...]

September 8th, 2015|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Atlanta, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Georgia, Learning, Math, Mathematics, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|

Survey: Teachers wary of bringing social media into classrooms

The Atlanta Journal Constitution - Maureen Downey "The University of [...]

September 6th, 2015|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Atlanta, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Georgia, Learning, Social Media, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

Report on chronic absences: Kindergartners miss as much school as middle schoolers

The Atlanta Journal Constitution - Maureen Downey "A report released [...]

September 1st, 2015|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Atlanta, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Georgia, Kindergarten, Learning, Middle School, Teacher, Uncategorized, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

Chronic absenteeism: Why do so many kids miss so much school and what can be done?

The Atlanta Journal Constitution - Maureen Downey "The kids are [...]

August 30th, 2015|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Atlanta, Attendance, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Georgia, Learning, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, School, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|