Project-Based Learning on the Rise in California Public Schools

KQED News Mind/Shift - Ana Tintocalis "State education officials now [...]

December 5th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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These California districts are measuring schools in a new way

The Los Angeles Times - Joy Resmovits "Starting in February, [...]

December 4th, 2015|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, San Diego, School, School Accountability, School Discipline, School District, School Safety, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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How to talk to your kids about the San Bernardino shootings

The Los Angeles Times - Sonali Kohli "There are about [...]

December 4th, 2015|Categories: California, Children, Current Events, Education, News, Parent talk, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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New standards get kids in California excited about science

The Hechinger Report - Andra Cernavskis "The national Next Generation [...]

December 3rd, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Learning, News, School, School District, Science, Science & Technology, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Tablets out, imagination in: the schools that shun technology

The Guardian - Matthew Jenkin "In the heart of Silicon [...]

December 2nd, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, California, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Too hard for Californians to get into public universities: report

Reuters - Kayla Nick-Kearney " Insufficient funding and tighter admissions [...]

December 1st, 2015|Categories: California, College and Career Readiness, College Degree, College Tuition, College-prep, College/University, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Desert Sands: School begins at home

The Desert Sun - Mary Perry "“By the time a [...]

November 30th, 2015|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Hispanic, Learning, News, Parent talk, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|

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L.A. Unified sees success in counseling rather than arresting truants and kids who fight

The Los Angeles Times - Teresa Watanabe "Anderson is one [...]

November 30th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Discipline, Learning, Los Angeles, News, School, School Accountability, School Discipline, School District, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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California fitness: Only 1 in 3 seventh-graders pass

The Mercury News - Sharon Noguchi "California students are less [...]

November 29th, 2015|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Athletics, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Exercise, Fitness, Health, Learning, News, School, School District, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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California fitness: Only 1 in 3 seventh-graders pass

San Jose Mercury News - Sharon Noguchi "California students are [...]

November 27th, 2015|Categories: California, Child Development, Children, Exercise, Fitness, Health|Tags: Education, School|

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