Tina Siegadded this to how we livePedagogy How to Keep Teachers From Leaving the ProfessionThe Atlantic - Kristina RizgaAfter 38 years in education, Judith Harper thinks what teachers are missing is more time to learn from one another. Editor's Note: In the next five years, most of America’s most experienced teachers will
Rebecca Gilladded this to CLASSROOM Tweens How Tweens Change in Middle SchoolVerywell - By Rebecca Fraser-Thill Children are always growing and changing, but the preteen years are especially significant in your child's emotional and physical development. Tweens …
Jay Snipesadded this to Caught My InterestBooks Why Some People Become Lifelong ReadersThe Atlantic - Joe PinskerA lot rides on how parents present the activity to their kids. They can be identified by their independent-bookstore tote bags, their “Book Lover” mugs, or—most reliably—by the bound, printed stacks of
Mr. Gloveradded this to Interesting Article Biology I Was Never Taught Where Humans Came FromThe Atlantic - Olga KhazanMany American students, myself included, never learn the human part of evolution. Here’s what I remember from biology class at my public high school in Texas: We learned everything there is to know about
Chalkbeatadded this to All Chalkbeat storiesCharter Schools Tennessee plans seven-stop listening tour on the future of school turnaround, Achievement School Districtchalkbeat.org - By Caroline Bauman As the future of Tennessee’s state-run turnaround district hangs in question, the State Department of Education is planning seven meetings to get …
Forbesadded this to TechnologyKids One In Three Parents Would Take Their Kids Out Of Flagship SchoolsForbes - Nick MorrisonA controversial school policy is widely seen to have led to better teaching, but is still unloved by parents (Photo by Colin McPherson/Corbis via Getty Images) Parents harbour grave misgivings over flagship
AvatarTony Luchiniadded this to TeachingHuman Interest Ask a Teacher: Can My Kid’s Teacher Really Take Away Recess From the Whole Class Because a Few Kids Misbehave?slate.com - Carrie Bauer, Matthew Dicks, Katie Holbrook, and Cassy Sarnell Recess seems like a necessary, fundamental part of a kid’s school day.
Fortuneadded this to CareersCareer Development The Best College Majors for Getting a Job After GraduationFortune - Anne Fisher No doubt about it, choosing a major in college is complicated. Do you pick something you love —history, let's say, or English literature— and hope …
Harvard Business ReviewCritical Thinking The Future of EducationHarvard Business Review Many degrees don’t teach students the skills they’ll need in the future. Insights from a study of 28,000 learners in 127 countries.
NBC Newsadded this to Top StoriesBetsy DeVos Betsy DeVos visits school with explicit anti-transgender policyNBC News - Gwen Aviles"Given DeVos’ track record, it appears a deliberate decision to champion a school with an anti-trans policy,” GLSEN's Eliza Byard said. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos embarked on a “2019 Back-to-School”
The Washington PostWashington D.C. Education Department threatens funding for university program it sees as biasedThe Washington Post - Laura Meckler and Valerie StraussThe Education Department is threatening to withhold federal grant money from a Middle East studies program, saying it advances an ideological agenda and promotes a positive view of Islam while virtually
Peopleadded this to Celeb FamiliesCelebrity Gossip Jeff Lewis Regrets Pushing Daughter into Preschool Before Expulsion: ‘It Became About My Ego’People - By Dave QuinnThe former Flipping Out star, 49, revealed on Wednesday’s episode of his Sirius XM radio show Jeff Lewis Live that he shouldn’t have even pushed to get his 2½-year-old daughter Monroe Christine into the
AvatarTony Luchiniadded this to TeachingStudents The Workforce Is Changing. Are K-12 Schools Keeping Up?edweek.org - Alyson Klein The needs of the workforce have transformed dramatically thanks to technological changes, globalization, and demographic shifts. But K-12 schools, …
CNNadded this to Top StoriesPolitics Teacher denied loan forgiveness tells Congress why she's suing Betsy DeVosCNN - By Katie Lobosco, CNNWashington (CNN) — A middle school art teacher who was denied loan forgiveness by the Department of Education is going to Capitol Hill Thursday to explain why she's suing Secretary Betsy DeVos over the
The New York Timesadded this to PoliticsLiterature With New Investigation at Duke and U.N.C., Feds Hunt Anti-Israel Bias in Higher EducationThe New York Times - By ERICA L. GREENWASHINGTON — The Education Department has ordered Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to remake the Middle East studies program run jointly by the two schools after concluding
Harvard Business ReviewCollege & University Yes, Employers Do Value Liberal Arts DegreesHarvard Business Review - Lynn PasquerellaIt’s no secret that American higher education is under siege, with public confidence in the entire system in rapid decline. Politicians have fueled this by proposing legislation that would base funding
Samadded this to Hong Kong NewsHong Kong Washington puts on farcical show over Hong KongSouth China Morning Post - Alex Lo Not all useful idiots are equal. Ideally, you want those who have at least some credibility. But those may be hard to come by these days in Hong …
NBC Newsadded this to Top StoriesNews Duke student government rejects Christian group over LGBTQ policyNBC News - Quinn GawronskiYoung Life, a religious group with an unofficial presence at Duke, excludes LGBTQ people from holding leadership positions. Duke University’s student government denied official status to a religious organization
Politics Trump admin say UNC, Duke programs portray Islam too positivelythehill.com - Justine Coleman The Trump administration is pressuring the University of North Carolina and Duke University to revise their Middle East studies program that …
The Telegraphadded this to All StoriesPakistan Pakistan is leading the way with its welfare state – the world can learn from its innovationThe Telegraph - By Lord Nigel CrispMore than 50 years ago countries as far apart as Indonesia, Tanzania and Guatemala began to train local people as community health workers who can provide some treatments themselves and, as importantly,
AvatarBunny Littleadded this to VancouverNorth Vancouver, BC North Van School District redraws catchment areasnsnews.com - Jane Seyd The North Vancouver School District has changed the boundaries that determine where students can attend school in two areas of North Vancouver. The …
OZYOpinion It’s Not Trump, It’s EducationOZY - John A. Gronbeck-Tedesco The mass murder in El Paso, Texas, was the most brazen and tragic act of violence in the name of Trumpism to date. But Donald Trump’s election was …
AvatarTony Luchiniadded this to TeachingCritical Thinking Why Content Knowledge is Crucial to Effective Critical Thinkingkqed.org The Hechinger Report is a national nonprofit newsroom that reports on one topic: education. Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get stories like …
Glenwood Springsadded this to Roaring Fork ValleyRoaring Fork Valley Carbondale bilingual teacher named English as a Second Language Teacher of the Yearpostindependent.com - John Stroud jstroud@postindependent.com Carbondale Middle School teacher Grace De La Sala attributes her career path as a bilingual educator to her own experience as a second language …
MarketWatchOPM For-profit middlemen may be driving up the cost of online higher educationMarketWatch - By Jillian Berman Boosters of online higher education have long held out the lofty promise that it would bring down the spiraling cost of college while also widening …
V M Sakaiadded this to NutballsCollege & University The University of Texas’s Secret Strategy to Keep Out Black StudentsThe Atlantic - Asher PriceLong-hidden documents show the school’s blueprint for slowing integration during the civil-rights era. In the summer of 1955, administrators at the University of Texas at Austin had a problem: The U.S.
Indian Expressadded this to Indian ExpressStudents Gujarat: Attendance of students, teachers improves in govt primary schoolsindianexpress.com - RITU SHARMA Till March 2019, at 56 and 52 per cent, Dahod and Dang districts, respectively, reported the worst attendance of students at government primary …
The Washington PostLamar Alexander Lamar Alexander blocks vote on funding for minority-serving collegesThe Washington Post - By Danielle Douglas-GabrielWith weeks left before $255 million in federal funding for minority-serving colleges and universities expires, Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) took to the Senate floor Thursday to request unanimous consent to
The Telegraphadded this to Daily UK NewsGCSEs Almost 100,000 children are leaving school without five good GCSEs, Children's commissioner revealsThe TelegraphAlmost 100,000 children are leaving school without five good GCSEs, the Children’s Commissioner has revealed. Almost one in five 18-year-olds are fail to achieve five GCSEs with grades A* to C or the in
Virginia Local schools recognized for environmental education effortscbs19news.com - News Staff RICHMOND, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- Every K-12 school in the Charlottesville City Schools division and a couple of independent schools in the area have …
