Writing Undergoes Renaissance in Curricula

Education Week- Catherine Gewertz "Teachers are focusing on writing instruction [...]

November 19th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Creativity, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Handwriting, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.), Writing|Tags: Education, schools|

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How do we entice great teachers to move to remote rural schools?

The Atlanta Journal Constitution- Maureen Downey "In the Sunday paper [...]

November 18th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Atlanta, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Poverty, Rural, Teacher, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Retention, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Pen commandments and a return to ink

The Sydney Morning Herald - Max Davidson "Given the letter's [...]

November 17th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Cursive, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Handwriting, Learning, News, Teacher, Writing|Tags: Education, schools|

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Languages for the Future

University of Ulster News - Sinead Johnson "The importance of [...]

November 16th, 2012|Categories: Creativity, Foreign Language, Ireland, Jobs, Multilingual|Tags: Education, School|

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The Global Roots of the Common Core State Standards

The Asia Society - Heather Singmaster & Anthony Jackson "The [...]

November 16th, 2012|Categories: Creativity, Critical Thinking, Education, Problem-solving, Skills, World Knowledge|Tags: Education, School|

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Uganda: Languages Not Scrapped From New Curriculum

AllAfrica.com - Francis Kagolo "NCDC's director, Conie Kateeba said the [...]

November 15th, 2012|Categories: Africa, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Curriculum, Foreign Language, Innovation, Uganda|Tags: Education, School|

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Why We Really Need Participatory STEM Education

Huffington Post - Dennis Bartels "...while I believe that STEM [...]

November 14th, 2012|Categories: Creativity, Critical Thinking, Hands-on, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Writing your own future

The Sydney Morning Herald - Michael Short "Education is the [...]

November 12th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Australia, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, Writing|Tags: Education, schools|

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Guest column: Facing History hones kids’ sense of duty

Commercial Appeal - Margot Stern Strom "The need is urgent [...]

November 11th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Creativity, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, History, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Autonomy, Teaching, Tennessee, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Setting Students Up for Success

Education Next - Rebecca Friedman with Chavi Abramson "Students need [...]

November 10th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Achievement Gap, Behavior, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Autonomy, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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