Science in the palm of your hand: How citizen science transforms passive learners

Science Daily - Staff Writer "Third-grader Jessica was quiet in [...]

May 24th, 2018|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, School, School Accountability, Science, Students, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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New science test must be part of California’s school accountability system

Ed Source - Jill Grace and Vincent Stewart "Science, when [...]

May 8th, 2018|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, School, Science, Students, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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How young is too young to start introducing students to future careers?

The Hechinger Report - Tara García Mathewson "In Southern California’s [...]

May 6th, 2018|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Career, Career Pathways, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Kindergarten, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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California schools getting a little greener as environmental education standards roll out

Ed Source - Carolyn Jones "As Californians celebrate Earth Day [...]

May 1st, 2018|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, environment, Learning, News, School, School Accountability, Science, Students, Teacher, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Rural schools find ways to bring science innovations closer to home

Ed Source - Carolyn Jones "In an effort to bring [...]

April 25th, 2018|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Rural, School, School Accountability, School District, Science, Science & Technology, STEM, Students, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Child poverty drops in California, but is still the nation’s highest

Ed Source - Carolyn Jones "California’s booming economy has led [...]

April 22nd, 2018|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Poverty, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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California districts to take part in groundbreaking school safety study

Ed Source - David Washburn "What are all the things [...]

April 4th, 2018|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, School, School Accountability, Students, Teacher, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Orange County parents opt to put children in language immersion programs

Los Angeles Times - Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil "'They're learning how [...]

March 7th, 2018|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Bilingual, Brain development and Language, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Chinese, Cultural Intelligence, Cultural studies, Cultural Tolerance, Culture, Education, Foreign Language, K-12, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Languages, Mandarin, Multiculturalism, Multilingual, Performance, School, Skills, Spanish, Trilingual|Tags: Education, School|

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Math for America Los Angeles Improves Math Education From The Ground Up

Forbes - Maria Klawe "Improving mathematics education in the K-12 [...]

March 5th, 2018|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Los Angeles, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Poll: The Majority of California Parents Like New State Report Card

Education Week - Daarel Burnette II "Despite all the criticism, [...]

February 20th, 2018|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Parenting, Parents, Report Card, School, School Accountability, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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