Author: Matthew Lynch
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What can the U.S. learn from South Korea’s testing pressures?
**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 ... -
Hard Evidence: at what age are children ready for school?
David Whitebread, University of Cambridge When are children “ready” for school? There is much debate about when the transition between play-based pre-school and the start of ... -
School metal detectors reduce weapon carrying but not fear
Paul Hirschfield, Rutgers University The recent horrifying spectacle of a disturbed student fatally stabbing his teacher in front of his classmates in Leeds has spurred a ... -
4 Reasons Why Classrooms Need Diversity Education
School climate and school culture directly impact student success. As a result, it is particularly important for the school culture (and the classroom culture) to reflect, ... -
Netflix education fund to give $100M to minority students
Reed Hastings, founder and chief officer of Netflix, announced he will be creating a $100 million foundation for education. The Netflix education fund is intended to ... -
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Adopts Let’s Talk!
The cloud-based communications solution will strengthen responsiveness and track response time to stakeholders throughout the state (HERNDON, VA) January 14, 2016 – K12 Insight today announced a statewide implementation of Let’s Talk!, ... -
US losing its dominance in global higher education market
Jason Lane, University at Albany, State University of New York The Conversation’s international teams are collaborating on a series of articles about the Globalisation of Higher ... -
Early-career researchers the missing link for STEM diversity
Maggie Hardy, The University of Queensland When high school physics teacher Moses Rifkin wrote a recent blog post on “Teaching Social Justice in the Physics Classroom,” ... -
At UC San Diego, retired professors are mentoring first-generation college students
Melvin H Green, University of California, San Diego My mother cried when I told her I was changing my major from engineering to chemistry. Her fear ... -
NY education prison plan announced by Governor Cuomo
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced a new NY education prison plan “for the state to pay for college courses for inmates.” A reformist type ...
