California must set ambitious goals to combat chronic absenteeism

Ed Source - Phyllis Jordan "Last week, California’s parents and [...]

December 14th, 2017|Categories: Absenteeism, Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, School, School Accountability, Students, Teacher, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Polling Students to Check Understanding

Edutopia - Dr. John Rich "Teachers continually search for ways [...]

December 14th, 2017|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, School, Students, Teacher, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Multicultural awareness boosts teaching competency, but is an uneven resource among future teachers

Science Daily - Staff Writer "Student teachers with more multicultural [...]

December 9th, 2017|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, School, School Accountability, Teacher, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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4 ways to improve STEM professional development

E-School News - Mary Leonard and Dominic Piscitelli "In Charlotte [...]

December 7th, 2017|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, School, STEM, Teacher, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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The Great Gingerbread House Project

Edutopia - Jeannie Curtis "The weeks leading up to winter [...]

December 7th, 2017|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Elementary School, Learning, Math, News, School, STEM, Teacher, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Encouraging a Love of Poetry

Edutopia - L.L. Barkat "A poem is a lightweight thing, [...]

December 4th, 2017|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Language, Language Arts, Learning, Literacy, literature, News, Reading, School, Teacher, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Edtech is booming-but does it make better teachers?

E-School News - Nancy Lin "Kids are natural learners, but [...]

December 2nd, 2017|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, School, School District, Teacher, Teaching, Technology, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Teaching Current Events in the Age of Social Media

Edutopia - By Heather Wolpert-Gawron "With each click of the [...]

November 29th, 2017|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Learning, News, School, School Accountability, Social Media, Students, Teacher, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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New research shows that apps, technology and modern teaching skills work for children with reading disabilities

Medical X-Press - Staff Writer "New research from Linnaeus University [...]

November 29th, 2017|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Career & Technical Training, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, School, School Accountability, School District, Teacher, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Is A Solid Curriculum a Constraint on Teacher Creativity?

Education Next - Kathleen Porter-Magee "In education we have been [...]

November 28th, 2017|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Classroom, Creativity, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Learning, News, School, School Accountability, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Autonomy, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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