Monthly Archives: June 2016
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The Global Race for Online Learning: How Does America Compare?
The potential for K-12 online learning in the U.S. is still being realized. It seems that every year the amount of K-12 students taking courses online ... -
Considering Becoming a Teacher? Here’s the Real Deal about Teacher Salaries
Many teachers decide to work in nontraditional school settings. These may be private schools, but there are many public nontraditional schools, such as charter schools, alternative ... -
Bloggers of color and culture: Make your voices heard
**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 ... -
3 Reasons to Start Sex Ed in Kindergarten
Talking about sex to a classroom full of five-year-old kids is likely to make some teachers and parents uncomfortable. But that is the approach that the ... -
3 Reasons America Needs School Choice
There are a lot more options for receiving K-12 education today than when I was growing up. Long gone are the days when parents had to ... -
Indiana judge: Stop locking up students
An Indianapolis-area judge has sent a letter to district superintendents that insists school administrators stop having so many students arrested. The letter says that 1,500 Indy ... -
The One Thing You Must Remember as a Teacher in Today’s Classroom
The growing number of immigrants in the United States has created an interesting challenge for American schools. Multiculturalism is by its very nature based on the ... -
How teachers can use edtech to boost engagement
The kids showing up to Kindergarten classes are much more tech-savvy than their predecessors five years ago. These digital natives are only a little older than the ... -
4 Future Trends You Are Bound to See in K-12 School Libraries
Modern K-12 public libraries will offer intensely engaging learning environments to all students. How they will go about doing this is less certain, but the principal ... -
Is there a conspiracy to destroy HBCUs?
By Matthew Lynch There’s no denying that Historically Black Colleges and Universities have had a tremendous impact on the education levels of the black community. Since ...