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The Edvocate Podcast, Episode 3: Why Teacher Shortages Occur
It seems that every year around this time, school districts around the country report not being able to fill all of their open teacher ... -
How genetics could help future learners unlock hidden potential
This article was written by Darya Gaysina Salman Rushdie recently caused controversy by bemoaning the lack of “rote learning” in schools. He spoke about the ... -
Student Success in Any Path, College or Career, Involves Letting Students Take Responsibility
When teachers are given top-notch learning materials, methods, and professional support, then student success should follow. And, who better for educators to learn from ... -
Play video games, advance science
Scott Horowitz, University of Michigan and James Bardwell, University of Michigan Computer gaming is now a regular part of life for many people. Beyond ... -
Should I grade-skip my gifted child?
Jonathan Wai, Duke University; Ann Lupkowski Shoplik, University of Iowa, and Susan Assouline, University of Iowa The American school system puts students in grades ... -
Helping Students to Develop Presentation Skills
Show and Tell As a young mom I was not familiar with the concept of “show and tell”. My eldest son was 4 years ... -
Was Nov. 8 a massive failure of civics education?
How one group reaches out to our youngest citizens This article was written by Nora Howe and Thomas Kerr-Vanderslice “I hate politics so much.” ... -
Why it doesn’t help — and may harm — to fail pupils with poor math grades
This article was written by Elizabeth Walton Many South Africans were outraged by the recent announcement that for 2016, pupils in Grades 7 to ... -
Free higher education won’t magically improve access
This article was written by P. Pratap Kumar Many academics, including myself, have explored why free higher education is not economically viable in South Africa. ... -
Keeping girls at school may reduce teenage pregnancy and STIs – but sex education doesn’t
This article was written by Amanda Mason-Jones Worldwide, more than 65m adolescent girls have no access to school. And it’s not just poorer countries that ...
