Author: Matthew Lynch
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Disengaged Students, Part 2: The Anti-Intellectualism of Thomas Jefferson
In this 20-part series, I explore the root causes and effects of academic disengagement in K-12 learners and explore the factors driving American society ever closer ... -
The Edvocate’s List of 20 Must-Follow Higher Education Twitter Feeds
*The Edvocate is pleased to produce its “Best of the Best” resource lists. These lists provide our readers with rankings for education-related blogs, twitter accounts, influencers, ... -
What causes mind blanks during exams?
This article was written by Jared Cooney Horvath and Jason M Lodge In our five-part series, Making Sense of Exams, we’ll discuss the purpose of exams, ... -
Campuses aren’t safe. Are universities doing enough?
Kalpana Jain, The Conversation In January 2015, a young woman was sexually assaulted while unconscious behind a dumpster on the campus of Stanford University. The victim ... -
Disengaged Students, Part 1: How did American Anti-Intellectualism Begin?
In this 20-part series, I explore the root causes and effects of academic disengagement in K-12 learners and explore the factors driving American society ever closer ... -
Has the library outlived its usefulness in the age of Internet? You’d be surprised
Donald A. Barclay, University of California, Merced U.S. institutions of higher education and U.S. local governments are under extraordinary pressure to cut costs and eliminate from ... -
Gamifying Your Social Studies Classroom
Gamifying or gamification is just a supposedly new twist on something that teachers have been using since the stone ages. It is not only the use ... -
Kindergartners get little time to play. Why does it matter?
Christopher Brown, University of Texas at Austin Being a kindergartner today is very different from being a kindergartner 20 years ago. In fact it is more ... -
5 Myths About Teaching Kids to Code
Since the digital revolution started, teaching kids how to code has become a growing industry. There are a number of apps, handbooks, tutorials, etc., that teach ... -
College is worth it. Who should pay for it?
Brendan Cantwell, Michigan State University Presidential candidates from both parties have advanced proposals about how higher education should be funded. Democratic presidential candidates have called for ...
