Monthly Archives: September 2016
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Three Ways Louisiana Is Getting Students Career-Ready
By requiring industry-based credentials for CTE students and encouraging all students to interact with industry professionals, Louisiana’s Jump Start program is revolutionizing career education In Louisiana, ... -
Teacher Prep and Better Resources: How to Reach Urban Students
By Matthew Lynch Students in urban schools tend to have stereotypes attached to them. Rather than see these students as individual learners, many urban kids and ... -
Here’s why immigrant students perform poorly
Molly McManus, University of Texas at Austin Immigrant students in the United States consistently perform worse academically than nonimmigrant students. This achievement gap is evident as ... -
Report: College graduates with high debt face long-term health issues
According to a new study via Gallup.com, college graduates “who took on the highest amounts of student debt, $50,000 or more, are less likely than their ... -
Wasted Data: Student Information Should be Shared
It’s no secret that technology implementation in P-12 schools comes with some serious red tape. While American colleges and universities tend to be at the forefront ... -
Talented and Gifted Learning: Where’s the Diversity?
The “talented and gifted” label is one bestowed upon the brightest, and most advanced, students. Beginning in early elementary grades, TAG programs separate student peers for ... -
Don’t Walk Into a Classroom Without Knowing This About Non-English Speakers
Let’s have a brief discussion about English Language Learners and Limited English-Proficient students. Students who are not proficient in English are referred to as English language ... -
An education for the 21st century means teaching coding in schools
**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 ... -
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Instead of textbooks, why not pay teachers for content?
By Brandon Wilmarth As an English teacher in Oklahoma’s Moore Public Schools, I was recruited by some textbook providers to help them create content. It was ... -
The Issue At Hand: Unpacking the Argument For and Against Subject-Centered Curriculum
What’s the best way to structure a curriculum? The debate rages on, but many in the world of education are learning towards the side of subject-centered ...