Author: Matthew Lynch
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How to get boys excited about reading
Decades of data show girls outscoring boys on a range of language skills. Four ELA teachers share their best practices for closing the gap. A guest ... -
How mobile technology boosts international learning
**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 ... -
Explainer: what is all the fuss about the Common Core?
Ken Libby, University of Colorado When it comes to US public education, few topics engender such heated debate as a new set of maths and English ... -
How children with disabilities came to be accepted in public schools
Jean Crockett, University of Florida When Alan joined my class in September, I knew he needed help. So did I. Alan had lived in an orphanage ... -
How schools can help immigrant children to thrive
Jan Germen Janmaat, UCL Institute of Education In view of the large influx of refugees from Syria and the growing concern about their integration in European ... -
Can schools punish students for off-campus, online speech?
Clay Calvert, University of Florida In January 2014, Reid Sagehorn, a student at Rogers High School in Minnesota, jokingly tweeted “actually yeah” in response to a ... -
Fulfilling Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream: the role for higher education
Roland V. Anglin, Rutgers University Newark ; David D. Troutt, Rutgers University Newark ; Elise Boddie, Rutgers University Newark ; Nancy Cantor, Rutgers University Newark , ... -
4 considerations before applying to schools abroad
**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 ... -
Why You Need Both Data and Common Sense for School Reform
By Matthew Lynch The first step to positive K-12 reform within a school and a district is to find a starting point. Often, data sets are ... -
Why children who sleep more get better grades
Dagmara Dimitriou, UCL Institute of Education Sleep plays a fundamental role in the way we learn. Emerging evidence makes a compelling case for the importance of ...