Tag: Edpolicy
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3 People (Besides Teachers) Who Play a Role in Students’ Success
As someone who train educators for a living and have written books about following “the calling” to become a teacher, I do believe in the power ... -
5 Keys to an Effective School Mission
Instructional leadership offers administrators the opportunity to create a shared vision of learning for the entire school environment – allowing both educators and support staff to ... -
The Benefits of Browsing: Why Teachers Should Indulge in Online Social Networking
The Internet is not just about consuming – it’s also about connecting. Forums and other forms of online social networking provide opportunities for educators to come ... -
Teaching and Politics: Behind the Scenes of Common Core Wars
By Matthew Lynch As more and more governors and local politicians denounce Common Core initiatives, and more states officially back away from the standards, the debate ... -
Parental involvement in early childhood learning: A stitch in time saves nine
**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 ... -
The Vicious Cycle of (un)Education in Pakistan
**The Edvocate is pleased to publish guest posts as way to fuel important conversations surrounding a P-20 education in America. The opinions contained within guest posts ... -
The Call to Teach: Urban Legends
Each day 8,000 American students drop out of high school. Over the course of a year, that amounts to 3 million total students who give up ... -
Is education killing imagination?
By Judith A. Yates As a criminal justice instructor in a career college, I gave my students an assignment that relied on 75% imagination and 25% ... -
Higher Accountability for College Dropout Rates
There are a lot of metrics in place that gauge the effectiveness of P-12 schooling in the U.S. and shine a particularly bright light on public ... -
Send the newest teachers to the hardest schools?
**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 ...