Author: Matthew Lynch
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Performance Matters Premieres Episode 3 of Salon Series Exploring Educator Viewpoints on Personalized Professional Learning
Sandy, Utah — Aug. 16, 2016 — In a nationwide survey, more than 500 principals and teachers indicated that trust and respect are vital to a ... -
Service-Learning Develops Character in Students
By Michele Pitman, CEO of intelliVOL Educating the whole child and developing character goes beyond the core subjects being taught each day. Many school districts recognize ... -
Why School Leaders Should Never Get Into a Twitter War With Kanye West
Responding impulsively to negative comments on social media will only make the problem worse. By Luvelle Brown Kanye West is at it again. The Grammy-winning rapper ... -
How to use the Delta Model in higher education
**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 ... -
Listening, not testing, will improve children’s vocabulary
James Law, Newcastle University Every few months a story appears about the declining speech and language skills of children arriving in primary school. The epithet “the ... -
Planning the Perfect Teaching Portfolio
The requirement for content knowledge versus education methods is a current debate in teacher education. Many argue that with a sufficient knowledge base, anyone can teach. ... -
Study: Retention rates dropping dramatically
The rates of retention, or “holding back” students, has dropped drastically since 1995, according to a new study from the American Educational Research Association. From 1995 ... -
4 Reasons We Should Stop “Waiting for Superman”
Recently I viewed the documentary, Waiting for Superman, for the umpteenth time, and I noted that almost 5 years after the film’s September 24, 2010 U. S. ... -
Hearing is Believing
By Dale Mann, Ph.D. It’s no secret that teachers do a lot of talking in class. Since Ned Flanders’ documentation of classroom talk beginning in the ... -
Schools are struggling to recruit teachers, survey finds
**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 ...
