Tag: school reform
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How should we teach about social justice in a post-(Michael) Brown world?
**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 ... -
Should the U.S. Switch to Year-Round Schooling?
The traditional school year, with roughly three months of vacation time every summer, was first implemented when America was primarily an agricultural society. We have changed ... -
Next Generation Science Standards are Smart
Earlier this month California became the seventh state to adopt a new brand set of K-12 science outlines, dubbed Next Generation Science Standards, or NGSS. The ... -
Survey: Internet helps education, hurts morality
The Pew Research Center has released results to a poll of relatively new internet users in developing countries that found the internet is viewed pretty favorably, particularly ... -
3 Ways to Improve U.S. Students Standing Worldwide
The latest international report on student knowledge and success worldwide once again paints U.S. pupils in a bad light. This is not the first time American ... -
Pass or Fail: Early Intervention Supports and Strategies
In this multi-part series, I provide a dissection of the phenomenon of retention and social promotion. Also, I describe the many different methods that would improve student instruction ... -
Pass or Fail: Early Intervention Resources
In this multi-part series, I provide a dissection of the phenomenon of retention and social promotion. Also, I describe the many different methods that would improve student instruction ... -
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 ... -
Why global education rankings don’t reveal the whole picture
Daniel Caro, University of Oxford and Jenny Lenkeit, University of Oxford Country rankings in international education tests – such as PISA and TIMSS – are often ... -
How math education can catch up to the 21st century
Mary E. Pilgrim, Colorado State University and Thomas Dick, Oregon State University In 1939, the fictional professor J. Abner Pediwell published a curious book called “The ...