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  • EdTech & InnovationPolicy & ReformProduct Reviews

    When Trump proposed a wall and California tore one down

    By Matthew Lynch
    December 6, 2016
    Prop 58 bilingual, dual-language programs improve education prospects for all kids. Next stop: finding teachers This article was written by PATRICIA GÁNDARA As the ...
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  • EdTech & InnovationHigher EducationProduct Reviews

    How to Market to College Students with Smart Data

    By Matthew Lynch
    November 14, 2016
    I tried ReachBright – and here’s what I learned.  Today’s college students have more options for higher education than ever. Vying for the attention ...
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  • EdTech & InnovationProduct Reviews

    Classroom Internet Use: Limiting Distractions with Teacher Control

    By Matthew Lynch
    October 18, 2016
    Since the big push for 1-to-1 iPads in classrooms started, educators have looked for the best ways to incorporate cutting-edge customized learning but narrow ...
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  • EdTech & InnovationEducation LeadershipFirst Year TeachersParental InvolvementProduct ReviewsTeachers

    Ving – The Content Management System Educators Have Been Waiting For

    By Matthew Lynch
    September 7, 2016
    Ving is a powerful web-based content management tool for teachers who want to create interactive lessons with multimedia and assessment tools.  Suffice it to ...
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  • Product Reviews

    iLKA: A Fourth Generation of Learning Software

    By Matthew Lynch
    February 7, 2016
    By. Hayden Browning It should not come as a surprise to educators that students who are involved in the learning process develop a greater ...
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  • Product Reviews

    Guiding the Student Writing Process at Every Step

    By Matthew Lynch
    January 20, 2016
    It’s one of the biggest complaints I hear from educators today: Students just can’t communicate effectively through the written word. It seems the more ...
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  • Product Reviews

    What eduCLIMBER is getting right about student data use

    By Matthew Lynch
    January 18, 2016
    The Educational Technology market is one of the fastest growing in the world. Investors are scrambling to get a piece of what is an ...
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  • Product Reviews

    Technology and Multisensory Learning: A New Twist to an Old Application

    By Matthew Lynch
    November 28, 2015
    Technology in K-12 classrooms is evolving at a rapid pace. Of K-12 teachers, 86 percent think that education technology is an essential in the ...
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    Connecting career paths through technology with Nepris

    By Matthew Lynch
    November 6, 2015
    I’ve long been a proponent of mentorship programs for high school and college students with people in the fields they want to pursue. It ...
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  • 2018 Global Edtech Inflencer's ListAsk An ExpertAssistive TechnologyBest of Best ListsBlack Boys in CrisisChild Development TechDigital & Mobile TechnologyEarly Childhood & K-12 EdTechEdTech & InnovationEdTech FuturesEdTech Policy & ReformEdTech Startups & BusinessesEducation LeadershipEquityFeaturedFirst Year TeachersHigher EducationHigher Education EdTechlistOnline Learning & eLearningParent & Family TechSTEMTeachers

    The Edvocate’s 2018 EdTech 20: A Ranking of 20 Global Edtech Influencers

    Who are the biggest edtech influencers in the world? The Edvocate editorial team has exhaustively researched the movers and shakers of edtech and selected 20 global influencers. To frame our ...
  • Ask An ExpertEarly Childhood & K-12 EdTechFeaturedFirst Year TeachersFreshPersonalized LearningPreK-12Teachers

    How Can You Ignite English Language Learners’ Passion to Read & Learn?

    Hanh Bui, 5th grade teacher at Aeolian Elementary School Instilling a passion for learning is one of the greatest gifts we can give our students. I strongly believe that this ...
  • Ask An ExpertModern ParentingSpecial Education

    Expressive and Receptive Language Disorders: What are They?

    Children all learn language and speech using the same acquisition methods, but they do not always learn at the same pace. Some children pick up language early and mimic and ...
  • Ask An Expert

    Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dysnomia, Dyslexia, and Dyspraxia: What are the Differences?

    In my past life as a special education teacher, I worked with a variety of special needs students. These students were all unique, and so were their learning disabilities. As ...
  • Ask An ExpertTeachers

    Career Change Guide: Becoming a Teacher

    By Daniel Karell There is a growing teacher crisis in the United States. The Learning Policy Institute (LPI) estimates there was a shortage of 64,000 teachers in primary and secondary ...

International Education

  • Higher EducationInternational Education

    The A-Z of Education Blogs: Letters F-H

    Click here to access all of the articles in this series. In this multi-part series, we are profiling the best of the best education blogs, in alphabetical order. In the ...
  • Higher EducationInternational Education

    What would The UK government’s plans to cut student immigration by 50% mean for education ...

    The UK government is planning on slashing non-EU expat student numbers almost in half from 300,000 to 170,000 under tougher student visa rules. The threat is being greeted with dismay ...
  • International Education

    Why pushing undocumented children out of schools won’t help bring down net migration

    This article was written by Nando Sigona Leaked cabinet papers seen by the BBC suggest that back when she was home secretary, Theresa May wanted schools to carry out immigration ...
  • Education NewsInternational Education

    Why it doesn’t help — and may harm — to fail pupils with poor math ...

    This article was written by Elizabeth Walton Many South Africans were outraged by the recent announcement that for 2016, pupils in Grades 7 to 9 could progress to the next ...
  • International EducationPolicy & Reform

    It’s time to rethink teacher training

    This article was written by James Williams Over the past six years, we’ve had calls for teachers to be trained in everything from protecting girls from female genital mutilation to ...

Early Childhood Education

  • Early ChildhoodModern ParentingParenting

    How to Avoid Raising Racist Kids

    From race-based killings to white supremacist rallies, we are living in times when racism is on the front page of every newspaper. For this reason, many race-conscious parents are trying ...
  • Child DevelopmentEarly ChildhoodModern ParentingParenting

    7 Ways to Teach Children Civility

    Unfortunately, our children are learning that those who are uncivil seem to get ahead. Celebrity culture and political warfare encourage the opposite of civility. The ones who shout the loudest ...
  • Early ChildhoodParenting

    What Fathers Should Teach Their Sons

    While it’s true that not all families are the same in today’s society, there are still some key lessons which are best passed down from father to son. We all ...
  • Early ChildhoodElementary Education

    Number Sense Skills are the Bedrock of Mathematics

    By Chad Malcolm Counting and Cardinality is only a standard in Kindergarten for the CCSS. However, this does not mean it cannot be strengthen every year moving forward. The above ...
  • Early ChildhoodEarly Childhood & K-12 EdTechEducation LeadershipHigher EducationHigher Education EdTech

    10 Essential Skills for the Education Leader of Tomorrow

    What will the schools of tomorrow be like? No one can say for certain. But one thing we do know: schools are under pressure to keep up with the ceaselessly ...

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    18 Reasons the U.S. Education System is Failing

    Once upon a time, enthusiasts designed a formal education system to meet the economic demands of the industrial revolution. Fast forward to today and, with the current global economic climate, ...
  • Higher EducationMatthew Lynch

    A Free College Education: A Basic American Right?

    Earning a college education is something that is a double-edged sword for the nation’s youngest adults and for some of their parents too. Society dictates that some form of secondary ...
  • Matthew LynchPolicy & Reform

    Year-Round Schooling: How it Affects Students

    The traditional school year, with roughly three months of vacation days every summer, was first implemented when America was an agricultural society. The time off was not implemented to accommodate ...
  • Matthew LynchOpEducation

    Disengaged Students, Part 11: The Irrationality of Modern Politics

    In this 20-part series, I explore the root causes and effects of academic disengagement in K-12 learners and explore the factors driving American society ever closer to being a nation ...
  • EdTech & InnovationMatthew LynchOpEducation

    Disengaged Students, Part 7: Too Much Information Access?

    In this 20-part series, I explore the root causes and effects of academic disengagement in K-12 learners and explore the factors driving American society ever closer to being a nation ...

Testing

  • TestingTrending Topics

    7 Things That Educators Should Know About Assessment and Evaluation

    Assessment refers to judging a student’s rate of academic achievement by analyzing the available evidence, such as quizzes, tests or written tasks. Assessments take different forms, and each one of ...
  • Child DevelopmentOpEducationPersonalized LearningTesting

    Intelligence in America: Time to Test Something New

    Measuring the progress of any endeavor requires a definition of success. Education, by its very nature, is difficult to ascribe a single definition of success; “making people smarter” is far ...
  • TestingTrending Topics

    The A-Z of Education: Assessment and Evaluation

    In this series, I hope to guide you in acquiring the vocabulary that you need to know to be considered a competent education professional. In this article, we will discuss ...
  • Matthew LynchTeachersTesting

    Three Handy Rubrics for Assessment Creation

    When it comes to creating classroom assessments, educators have a lot of leeway as to form, content, and length. Sometimes, the breadth available can be a little overwhelming. If you’re ...
  • TeachersTesting

    The Five Major Features of Summative Assessments

    Creating a classroom assessment that best quantifies your students’ learning can be tricky business. Because of their broad scope but specific content focus, summative assessments can be a powerful tool ...

Special Reports

  • Ask An ExpertEarly Childhood & K-12 EdTechFeaturedFirst Year TeachersFreshPersonalized LearningPreK-12Teachers

    How Can You Ignite English Language Learners’ Passion to Read & Learn?

    Hanh Bui, 5th grade teacher at Aeolian Elementary School Instilling a passion for learning is one of the greatest gifts we can give our students. I strongly believe that this ...
  • Education LeadershipPreK-12Teachers

    Verified Service Learning Feeds the “Whole Student”

    Teachers and schools and school districts track grades. We all know, or can find out pretty easily, what mark a particular student made on a specific assignment or in a ...
  • Early ChildhoodEducation LeadershipElementary EducationHigher EducationK-12OpEducationPreK-12

    What Preschool Can Teach Us About Choice and Opportunity

    There is a pantheon of sitcom cliches that, no matter how many times they’ve been done before, always turn up in new ones. Among the repeat offenders: outrageously stressful wedding ...
  • Best of Best ListsDiversityEarly ChildhoodEdTech & InnovationElementary EducationK-12PreK-12SpeakingTeachers

    The Cautionary Tale of Story

      Teachers have been telling stories for as long as teachers have taught others. Students are still learning from the stories of our greatest teachers thousands of years later like ...
  • Early ChildhoodOpEducationPolicy & ReformPreK-12

    Time to Reboot the Safety Lecture

    When we play the perennial favorite game of Blaming Other Generations, we tend to focus on relative merits and deficiencies: which generation is more or less polite, hard-working, civic-minded, etc. ...

RSS Matthew on Education Week

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  • What is the Future of STEM Education? April 2, 2018 Matthew Lynch
  • How to Create a Student-Run 'Genius Bar' March 28, 2018 Matthew Lynch
  • How Artificial Intelligence Is Already Transforming Education March 14, 2018 Matthew Lynch
  • How Google is Taking Over the Classroom March 6, 2018 Matthew Lynch

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The Edvocate was created in 2014 to argue for shifts in education policy and organization in order to enhance the quality of education and the opportunities for learning afforded to P-20 students in America. What we envisage may not be the most straightforward or the most conventional ideas. We call for a relatively radical and certainly quite comprehensive reorganization of American’s P-20 system.

That reorganization, though, and the underlying effort, will have much to do with reviving the American education system, and reviving a national love of learning.  The Edvocate plans to be one of key architects of this revival, as it continues to advocate for education reform, equity, and innovation.

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