Monthly Archives: August 2016
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4 Major Types of Educational Leadership
There are four major styles of leadership which apply well in the educational setting. While each of these styles has its good points, there is a ... -
Top 3 Little-Considered Issues Related to Student Diversity
Schools and colleges tout the buzz word “diversity” when talking about their ideal student populations, but ideals and reality do not always add up. Diversity is ... -
4 Ways Colleges Can Close the Achievement Gap
There’s a lot of talk in P-12 learning about how exactly to best close the achievement gap, or the space that separates traditionally advantaged students with ... -
3 Reasons to Embrace Diversity on College Campuses
It’s easy to think of college campuses as islands – academic havens with little interaction with the greater world beyond. In reality, the work done on ... -
College on Your Own: Tips for Safely Navigating Your New City
**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 ... -
Avoiding School Reform Roadblocks
When initiating reform, an action plan must be developed before the school can determine how the reform will be carried out and how it will be ... -
The calamity of the disappearing school libraries
Debra Kachel, Mansfield University of Pennsylvania From coast to coast, elementary and high school libraries are being neglected, defunded, repurposed, abandoned and closed. The kindest thing ... -
5 Studies That Will Blow Your Mind
Just when it seems like most trends are predictable, you find a few that just run against common knowledge and intuition. Read on to discover five ... -
What Makes 5th-Graders Dig Deeply into Texts?
An information and technology literacy specialist shares how a combination of digital and print resources helped him and his students. By Josh Jackson Fifth-graders can sometimes ... -
Top 4 Group Influences in Public Education Part III: Businesses
There are many external influences that impact public education. In this series the top four will be reviewed including the influence of professional education organizations, the ...