In California, Parents Trigger Change At Failing School

NPR - Claudio Sanchez "Parents in one small California community [...]

December 16th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Behavior, California, Charter School, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Learning, Low Income, Low Performing, News, Parenting, Public School, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Wisconsin County Makes Cyberbullying a Crime

Education News - Julia Lawrence "Cyberbullying isn’t just wrong in [...]

December 16th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Bullying, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.), Wisconsin|Tags: Education, School|

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Expanding young students’ role in nutrition

The L.A. Times - Teresa Watanabe "L.A. Unified seeks to [...]

December 15th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Behavior, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Elementary School, Health, Learning, News, Nutrition, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Re-thinking the way colleges teach critical thinking

Scientific American - Scott K. Johnson "“The value of an [...]

December 14th, 2012|Categories: College/University, Critical Thinking, Education, Liberal Arts, Science|Tags: Education, School|

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Facts High School Parents Must Know about Common Code State Standards

Student Newsie.com - Core Standards "Some schools are conducting sessions [...]

December 13th, 2012|Categories: Accountability, Critical Thinking, Education, High School, Jobs, Skills|Tags: Education, School|

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Math Struggles Continue Through College for Florida Students

Education News - Julia Lawrence "The Miami Herald reports that [...]

December 13th, 2012|Categories: Critical Thinking, Education, Florida, High School, Math, Public School, Reform, Remedial, Skills|Tags: Education, School|

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Engagement, Safety, Health Linked to Achievement in Global Data

Education Week - Nirvi Shah "Schools with discipline and safety [...]

December 11th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Discipline, Education, Health, K-12, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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How does US compare in math, science, reading? Younger students do better

The Christian Science Monitor - Amanda Paulson "Two international studies [...]

December 11th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Behavior, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Elementary School, English, K-12, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Reading, Science, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Could Competency- Based Learning Save the Common Core?

Education Next - Michael B. Horn "Having common standards across [...]

December 11th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Training, Teaching|Tags: Education, schools|

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Global survey sees English schools rise in reading but slip in science

The Guardian - Peter Walker "English schools receive a mixed [...]

December 11th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, England, English, Great Britain (UK), K-12, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Reading, Science, Teacher, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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