The budget compromise recently hammered out in Washington breathes new life into a major literacy initiative at the U.S. Department of Education.
Filed under: Education News, Teacher Resources, Uncategorized on January 11th, 2012 | No Comments »
Is teacher value-added a good measure of teacher quality? In investigating the long-term impacts of “effective teachers”, researchers found that elementary- and middle-school teachers who help raise their students’ standardized test scores have a wide-ranging, lasting positive effect on those students’ lives even beyond academics.
Filed under: Education News, Test Prep, Uncategorized on January 10th, 2012 | No Comments »
A new instrumental music program for at-risk preschool students in Osceola County, Fla., is aimed at helping develop language, motor, social and other skills to help prepare them for kindergarten. The students receive instruction from a professional violinist during 20-minute sessions held twice a week. “This project really isn’t about making them violin players, it’s [...]
Filed under: Community Outreach, Education News, Lesson Plans- Social Studies on January 5th, 2012 | No Comments »
As teachers, we want to provide support, encouragement, and understanding that some things are beyond a child’s control. But, at what point do excuses become crutches with long-lasting effects?
Filed under: Education News, Opinion, Uncategorized on December 21st, 2011 | No Comments »
Nine states that won Race to the Top grants to improve early-childhood education all presented plans that include collaboration across government agencies to achieve their goals.
Filed under: Education News, Uncategorized on December 19th, 2011 | No Comments »
Technology has changed the way kids learn. It enables our students to go beyond learning and collaborate, share, and publish original works. Today’s kids view social networks and collaboration forums as a sort of performance stage… performing for people they know as well as for people they don’t know. How cool would it be if the education world truly learned how to harness that kind of motivation in the learning experiences that we’re providing our students?
Filed under: Education News, Technology, Uncategorized on December 16th, 2011 | No Comments »
December is a crazy month! The excitement of the holidays, the frequent interruptions to instructional time, and the seemingly endless supply of sugar and sweets can throw both teachers and students out of kilter and out of focus. As hard as we try to maintain the “business as usual” mantra, some days it just seems [...]
Filed under: Education News, Uncategorized on December 14th, 2011 | No Comments »
While kids may be immersed in the social media world, many schools and districts are still mighty uncomfortable with the idea of using Facebook and other social media forums in the classrooms. But a recent study (Too much face and not enough books: The relationship between multiple indices of Facebook use and academic performance) published last [...]
Filed under: Education News, Uncategorized on December 8th, 2011 | No Comments »
A November 20, 2011 article in USA Today sheds light on the growing trend for educational organizations to provide courses for Internet etiquette and safety. Many schools not only are incorporating Internet safety into lesson plans but also including online safety courses that covers topics like cyberbullying, plagiarism and online “ethical behavior. “All of the drama, [...]
Filed under: Education News, Uncategorized on December 5th, 2011 | No Comments »
We continue to collect statistics about bullying – both in person and via text and the internet. A new study entitled Teens, Kindness and Cruelty on Social Networks indicates that more kids are bullied in person than in virtual environments. In fact, the study conducted by the Pew Internet and American Life Project for the [...]
Filed under: Education News, Uncategorized on November 17th, 2011 | No Comments »
