Tag: edreform
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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 ... -
Libraries of the Future: Where Trends Are Taking K-12 Public School Libraries
Modern K-12 public libraries will offer intensely engaging learning environments to all students. How they will go about doing this is less certain but the principle ... -
3 Things Every Educator Should Know about Supporting LGBT Students
With a staggering 90 percent of LGBT students experiencing verbal harassment related to their sexual orientation, it is obvious that Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender, or ... -
Challenging physical educators on childhood obesity prevention
**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 ... -
Should We Rewrite American History Books?
“History has a point of view; it cannot be all things to all people.” – Samuel Taylor When it comes to textbooks, every school district in ... -
Attacks on tenure based on facile teacher ideals and stereotypes
**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 ... -
3 Celebrities Who Really Care About Education
Many public figures and celebrities are well-known and celebrated within their domain, and that is to be expected. But some of them also really have other ... -
5 Recent Developments That Have Changed the State of For-Profit Education
It’s really no secret that more people are seeking out alternative forms of higher education, and that non-traditional students are more commonplace as a result. For-profit ... -
Math Learning – A Universal Language?
Fifth-grade students at Woodward Elementary School had an interesting math assignment this fall: watching college football games. Though seemingly fun on the surface, the assignment had ...
