Monthly Archives: August 2016
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8 Reasons Common Core Won’t Make It
Nothing in recent educational history that has caused more of a stir than the implementation of national Common Core standards in most states. Everyone from politicians ... -
Keeping Public School Libraries Relevant
Public school libraries have always served an admirable purpose in education. In an indirect way, K-12 libraries have given students support in learning endeavors and been ... -
How Do You Engage Parents Who Don’t Speak English?
Teacher Kerri Gardner uses a communication app with a translation feature to connect her kindergarten class with parents and the wider community. By Chaks Appalabattula Parent ... -
Education Should Begin with Problem-Solving
When schools compete, who wins? That depends partly on how they compete. In the world of higher education, universities compete for enrollment: more students, and more ... -
What Teachers Need to Streamline Lessons, Assessments
Despite all of the educational technology advancements of the past decade, the connection between in-class learning and assessments remains blurry. With state standards changing by the ... -
Health Education Provides Mixed Messages
Is it possible that America’s schools are responsible for most of the country’s health problems? Yes, these institutions of education–from the K-12 staples to universities, colleges, ... -
Parents can’t answer everything children ask about science – and that’s OK
Carol Davenport, Northumbria University, Newcastle If a child asked you how close an astronaut can get to the sun, the chances are you’d need a moment ... -
Cheating and Technology – Unethical Indifference
Academic dishonesty is nothing new. As long as there have been homework assignments and tests, there have been cheaters. The way that cheating looks has changed ... -
How Mentorship Can Help Teachers Succeed
Just like having good mentors is important to student teaching, as newly hired educator, having a mentor at your school is incredibly important, too. Mentor teachers ... -
Applied Behavioral Analysis and Autism
**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 ...