Tag: edreform
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6 Ways Teachers can Foster Cultural Awareness in the Classroom
A multicultural society is best served by a culturally responsive curriculum. Schools that acknowledge the diversity of their student population understand the importance of promoting cultural ... -
4 States that Want to Change How Much Teachers Are Paid
The amount teachers are paid has been the subject of some controversy. Yet with U.S. teachers spending more time in the classroom than other teachers worldwide, ... -
Adopting a New Paradigm in K-12 Education
Substantial educational change will never occur until we as a country decide that enough is enough and make a commitment to change, no matter what it ... -
2 Sex Ed Approaches—Which One Works Better?
Abstinence-only sex education When I first saw the headline, I thought it was too ironic to be true: Texas school teaching abstinence-only sex ed suffers chlamydia ... -
Punishable by Death: The Quest for Literacy
The concept of basic literacy is taken for granted across much of the civilized world today — but there are still corners of the world where ... -
Why The U.S. Education System is Failing: Part I
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 ... -
Computer Science in K-12 Classrooms Needs to Catch Up
It’s estimated that in the next decade the number of computer science jobs in the U.S. will outnumber qualified people by 1 million. That’s 1 million ... -
The Japanese Philosophy of Kaizen and U.S. School Reform
Education may very well be the single most important ingredient in allowing a person to achieve success in life. The ascendancy of each individual defines the ... -
Year-Round Schools: How it Affects Teachers
In my last post, I talked about the ways that students are impacted when they are on a year-round school schedule, instead of having traditional summers ... -
High School Dropout Rates: A Crisis?
It seems that the phrase high school dropout is often accompanied with the word crisis. Depending who you ask, kids everywhere are giving up on education ...
