Monthly Archives: November 2015
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If You Want to Be a Teacher, You Have to Know This (Part II)
If you’re looking to become a teacher, you should probably know about the InTASC standards. The Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (InTASC) has identified ... -
Are you smarter than Bill Gates?
**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 ... -
Bay Path University awarded $300k for women in STEM education
Bay Path University hopes to encourage more women to work in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields with the recent $300,300 National Science Foundation (NSF) ... -
Beyond Principals: Leadership Assessment Tools for All Educators
As the end of the school year approaches, plans are already being made for the fall in schools throughout the nation. Much-needed summer improvements will take ... -
How to Develop School Reform Policies that Work
Many school administrators enter the field hell-bent on making a name for themselves and refusing to live in the shadows of their predecessors. Often, they feel ... -
The Learning Counsel holds second annual awards event
The Learning Counsel, “a mission-based organization focused on helping education professionals,” recently held its second annual awards event in New Mexico. Close to 70 educators were ... -
Some HBCUs struggling with NCAA academic requirement
A new NCAA requirement that governs if a college or university’s athletic teams will have the ability to compete in the postseason is hitting some HBCU’s pretty ... -
Do gifted education programs encourage social inequality?
“Gifted” is the term used by psychologists and educators to designate children with extraordinary academic abilities. Giftedness has typically been associated with having high IQ scores. ... -
Free Game Developed to Improve Financial Literacy of Teenagers
The statistics are shocking. Nearly 30 percent of Americans report they have no emergency savings, according to Bankrate.com. The USA ranked 27th out of 28 countries ... -
Teaching Kids about Standing up for the Underdog
By Annie Fox **Editor’s note – These tips are applicable to teachers too, as educators face the challenges of teaching kindness in K-12 classrooms** Kids and ...