Monthly Archives: April 2016
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The Edvocate Can Help You Promote Your Education Related Product or Service
If you want to market to the P-20 arena’s most influential audience, then The Edvocate is your publication of choice. The Edvocate is the fastest growing ... -
Can America Afford Free College for All?
Free college for all. In theory it sounds great – but can we truly afford it and even if we could, is it the wisest choice? ... -
Survival Tip: Integrating Standardized Test Preparation into the Curriculum
In this age of accountability, teachers are responsible for ensuring that their students learn. In order to measure what students know and don’t know, states all ... -
Ask An Expert: Working with Homeless Students
Question: On yesterday, I received a new student in my classroom. His mother brought him to school on the first day and informed me that they ... -
Moving ‘quality’ teachers between schools will not help disadvantaged children
Paul Thomas, Furman University The bi-partisan federal legislation in the US popularly known as “No Child Left Behind” was passed during George W Bush’s first term. ... -
Respect for Teaching: Why is Education So Low on the Priority List?
By Matthew Lynch Most patriotic Americans agree education should be the most important issue in the country. After all, a country that lacks knowledge lacks power…. ... -
Allocating Resources to Improve Student Learning
Providing every child with an equal opportunity to learn has been a central challenge in public education. In fact, at its inception, universal public education in ... -
Girls Thinking Global Receives Grant from The NEA Foundation
The funds will be used to support the GTG Collaborative (CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS) April 19, 2016 – Girls Thinking Global (GTG) has been awarded a grant by ... -
How to Choose the Right Childcare Center
**The Edvocate is pleased to publish guest posts as way to fuel important conversations surrounding P-20 education in America. The opinions contained within guest posts are ... -
Kentucky Governor Bevin sued over education cuts
Kentucky’s Republican Governor Matthew Bevin has been sued by the state’s Attorney General Andy Beshear over the governor’s 4.5 percent cut to all education funding. In ...