Good Schools Start With Good Goals

Education Week - Tom Vander Ark "...I really like the [...]

December 19th, 2012|Categories: College-prep, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Problem-solving, Project-based learning, Service Learning|Tags: Education, School|

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Today in Poverty: An Education Wish List

The Nation. - Greg Kaufmann/Elaine Weiss "A Broader, Bolder Christmas: [...]

December 19th, 2012|Categories: Critical Thinking, Education, Poverty, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Give the Gift of Learning: Toys That Teach

The Huffington Post - John Jones, R.Ph., J.D. "The holidays [...]

December 19th, 2012|Categories: Career, Critical Thinking, Education, Learning, Parenting, Problem-solving|Tags: Education, School|

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Charter schools: Indiana’s continue to show strong test score gains, study shows

The Indy Star - Scott Elliot "Charter schools in Indiana [...]

December 18th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Charter School, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Indiana, Indianapolis, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Top education news of 2012: From ethnic-based benchmarks to STEM visa

Voxxi - Hope Gillette "Education news made a number of [...]

December 17th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Childhood Obesity, Children, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Training, Teacher's Aide, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Kansas Board of Education Adopts Standards for Cursive

Education News - Julia Lawrence "Cursive might be losing favor [...]

December 17th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Behavior, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Cursive, Education, Handwriting, Kansas, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.), Writing|Tags: Education, schools|

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Shift to more nonfiction in schools becoming reality

The Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel- Alan J. Borsuk "A broad [...]

December 16th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Childhood Obesity, Children, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Learning, News, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Some Tutors Are Shouldering a Wider Load

The New York Times - Abby Ellin "Ms. Barnes is [...]

December 16th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Behavior, Children, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, Tutoring, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Working together we can change our children’s future

The Sydney Morning Herald - Peter Garrett "IF THERE is [...]

December 16th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Australia, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Learning, News, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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Arts Education Seen as Common-Core Partner

Education Week - Erik W. Robelen "As educators nationwide seek [...]

December 16th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Arts, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, English, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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