Government of Canada Funding Encourages Youth to Pursue Careers in Science

MarketWire - Staff Writer "Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics will [...]

December 7th, 2012|Categories: Canada, Critical Thinking, Economy, Entrepreneurship, Government, Grant, Innovation|Tags: Education, School|

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Next Generation Science Standards: Getting Science Right

Voxxi - John Benson "“There are several differences between the [...]

December 7th, 2012|Categories: Critical Thinking, K-12, Problem-solving, Reform, Science, Skills|Tags: Education, School|

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Long Beach Charter School Models Learning on “Intellectual Virtues”

89.3 KPCC-Southern California Public Radio - Adolfo Guzman-Lopez "Long Beach [...]

December 7th, 2012|Categories: California, Charter School, Critical Thinking, Public School, Skills, Teacher, Teacher Training, Teaching|Tags: Education, School|

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Vocabulary Test Results Show Top U.S. Students Losing Ground, Others Stagnate

The Huffington Post - Joy Resmovits "The results of the [...]

December 6th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Critical Thinking, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, K-12, Learning, Literacy, News, Reading, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Teachers embrace future of learning

Imperial Valley Press - Karina Lopez "In order to prepare [...]

December 5th, 2012|Categories: Creativity, Critical Thinking, Hands-on, Project-based learning|Tags: Education, School|

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NNRPDP launches new STEM project

The Elko Daily - Staff Writer "Goals of the project [...]

December 5th, 2012|Categories: Critical Thinking, Nevada, Problem-solving, Project-based learning, Teacher, Teacher Training|Tags: Education, School|

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National Educator Conference Zeroes in on Top 21st Century Issues

Market Watch - Press Release "The sit-in-straight-rows-and-obey-instructions approach to education [...]

December 5th, 2012|Categories: Creativity, Critical Thinking, K-12, Motivation, Technology|Tags: Education, School|

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The changing plate of school lunches

The Mercury News - Theresa Harrington "New federal school lunch [...]

December 4th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Behavior, California, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Education, Exercise, Health, Learning, News, Nutrition, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Common-Core Momentum Is Still in Jeopardy

Education Week - Rick Dalton " But those of us [...]

December 4th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Learning, Low Income, Low Performing, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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A Closer Look at the Rise of the Cheating Culture

Education News - Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez "When I read [...]

December 4th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Behavior, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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