Author: Matthew Lynch
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How to Make Living Life Off-Campus More Affordable
**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 ... -
New Online PD Course Focuses on Incorporating Project-Based Learning
Defined Learning’s Performance Task PD with Jay McTighe helps educators create, implement, and assess effective project-based lessons (CHICAGO, IL) April 28, 2016 – Just in time ... -
Reading Horizons Wins 2016 BESSIE Award for Best Remedial Reading Website
The interactive reading curriculum was honored by the ComputED Gazette as one of the best educational software options for elementary students (Salt Lake City, UT) April ... -
GoFundMe Matched Donations to Support Teachers
According to KXLY.com out of Spokane, Washington, GoFundMe partnered with National PTA for a fundraising campaign to thank teachers. The “Thank a Teacher” campaign is a national ... -
Job Market Looking Up for College Grads
Recent college grads will be entering an optimistic job market. It is projected that hiring will be up 15 percent from last year among all degree ... -
Transgender Bill puts Mich. Board of Education at Risk
In a move that some may find ostensibly odd, members of the Michigan Legislature are threatening to dissolve the Michigan Board of Education to replace it ... -
Latino Students’ Reading Level Progress Increases
One of the nation’s leading child-study centers, Child Trends Hispanic Institute, reports that Latino students’ reading scores for fourth and eighth grade students have increased by ... -
Michelle Obama Spearheads $2.5B Female Education Initiative
Michelle Obama teamed up with the World Bank to announce the investment of $2.5 billion dedicated to help adolescent females attend school in low-income countries, according to U.S. ... -
Mayor of Houston Celebrates Digital Education Day
Sylvester Turner lauds local educators for their work to transform education and bring equity to learning (Houston, TX) May 2, 2016 — On April 21st, the Director of ... -
3 Ways to Instill Lifelong Learning Skills in Students
A recent PWC survey found that millennials value training and development from their employer, above all else. Interestingly, appropriate training and professional development equates to higher ...
