Author: Matthew Lynch
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Ineffective assessments, part III: Why Common Core fails
Click here to read all of the articles in our Ineffective Assessments series. Setting uniform standards for students from South Dakota to New York City sounds ... -
The Edvocate’s List of the Top 10 Can’t Miss Education Conferences in 2017
*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, ... -
Why it’s hard for adults to learn a second language
Brianna Yamasaki, University of Washington As a young adult in college, I decided to learn Japanese. My father’s family is from Japan, and I wanted to ... -
Ineffective assessments, part II: Where assessments stand today
Click here to read all of the articles in our Ineffective Assessments series. Assessments of K-12 students are state-developed and mandated at this point, but there ... -
HBCUs at Their Finest
Historically black colleges and universities in the United States were created when African Americans were blocked out of predominantly white institutions. Today’s climate is much different ... -
How to Provide Minorities with a Richer College Experience
College is often an exciting and unique place to be for students and faculty alike, and the college experience is something that many Americans prize today. ... -
Who’s in Favor of Early Childhood Education?
Early childhood education is something that most Americans can agree is needed. A poll conducted by the bipartisan team of Hart Research and Public Opinion Strategies ... -
Using Smartphones in the Classroom
Today’s students are hard wired with innate abilities to network using technology. By far, their current ‘technology of choice’ is the mobile phone. According to Cell ... -
STEM to STEAM: More Than Just a Good Idea
Why Should Schools Transition from STEM to STEAM? The answer is a ‘no brainer.’ Sure, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) are basic academic subjects and ... -
The Brains of K-12 Students Come Prewired for EdTech
Forget the books. Save your paper and pencils for Art Projects. Generation Z students, born in the late 1990s to the present, have grown up with ...
