Search Results for: achievement gap
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Black Boys in Crisis: Poverty and School Funding
In this series, appropriately titled “Black Boys in Crisis,” I highlight the problems facing black boys in education today, as well as provide clear steps that ... -
Pass or Fail: How to Choose an Alternative Strategy to Social Promotion and Retention
In this multi-part series, I provide a dissection of the phenomenon of retention and social promotion. Also, I describe the many different methods that would improve student instruction ... -
9 Reading Apps and Tools for the Elementary Classroom
Reading has always been a foundational skill. Not only does it influence how we interact with the world but it is still the medium by which ... -
The Edvocate’s 2017 EdTech 10: A Ranking of Global Edtech Companies
Every day, technology innovations transform the way people learn and how educators teach. In the last few years, the edtech field has attracted a lot of ... -
The U.S. Education System is Under-performing and Here’s Why
The U.S. public school system was originally established to educate America’s youth. More specifically, it was created to teach children basic skills, and to make them ... -
Year-Round Schools: 10 Things That You Should Know
The United States is known for a lot of things, but a superior educational system is not one of them. Throughout most of America, schools have ... -
A Guide to Ending the Crisis Among Young Black Males
When we talk about reaching students in our classrooms that come from disadvantaged backgrounds, we tend to put several groups under one umbrella. Minority students. Immigrant ... -
18 Reasons the U.S. Education System is Failing
Once upon a time, enthusiasts designed a formal education system to meet the economic demands of the industrial revolution. Fast forward to today and, with the ... -
The Absence of Internet at Home is a Problem for Some Students
While it may seem like almost everyone has internet access, a shocking number of families lack fast or reliable internet connections. There are roughly 5 million ... -
The Slow Gamification of K-12 Classrooms
Children are becoming acutely acquainted with mobile technology long before their K-12 classroom years. When they arrive at their first organized school experiences, they are often ...