Monthly Archives: October 2016
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10 Tips for Preventing Summer Slide
When the school year ends, teachers are happy to have a break from the drudgery of the school year, but they also want students to avoid ... -
What Teachers Really Need
By Greg Bendis-Grab The critique of our education system is nothing new. It goes back to the very beginnings of its existence. But every week a ... -
Could Cyberbullying Be Causing a Rise in Absenteeism?
Seventy-one percent of teens use more than one social networking site. Think about that statistic for a second. Roughly seven out of every ten teens are ... -
Helping Adult ELLs Achieve the American Dream
Schools, non-profits, and smartphone apps provide technology-based resources to serve the growing population of adults learning English. By Vinod Lobo With a dramatic increase in immigrants ... -
Education Equity: Challenges and Suggestions
Equity in education has long been an ideal. It’s an ideal celebrated in a variety of contexts, too. Even the Founding Fathers celebrated education as an ... -
When do children show evidence of self-esteem? Earlier than you might think
Dario Cvencek, University of Washington; Andrew N. Meltzoff, University of Washington, and Anthony G. Greenwald, University of Washington A YouTube clip called “Jessica’s Daily Affirmation” recently ... -
myON and Indiana Department of Education Partner to Improve Migrant Students’ Reading and Writing Skills
Access to thousands of digital books in myON’s literacy environment has helped improve reading achievement among Indiana’s migrant student population (MINNEAPOLIS, MN) October 11, 2016 – ... -
Twitter Accusations Strain HBCUs Relationship
In a disturbing string of tweets posted to Twitter last week, an anonymous student at all-women’s Spelman College stated that she was gang raped by students ... -
2 Events of 2015 that Illustrate the Severity of the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Sadly, over half of young black men who attend urban high schools do not earn a diploma. Of the dropouts, nearly 60 percent will go to ... -
How can parental involvement in schools improve?
**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 ...