Tag: edreform
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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 ... -
LBGTQ Bullying: What is a Teacher’s Responsibility?
By Matthew Lynch Teachers are required to report any suspicions of child abuse or neglect of their students, and in the past, that has typically dealt ... -
Year-Round Schooling: 3 Common Arguments against It
In my last post, I talked about the reasons I feel that teachers should get behind the push to support year-round schooling and how more consistent ... -
34 Points on Strategic Leadership in Schools
Modern educational leadership is complex and demanding. Challenges include reestablishing novel national visions, crafting new educational aims for schools, restructuring education systems at different levels, privatization, ... -
What if K-12 Education Were More Like Preschool?
By Chris Thinnes Wouldn’t it be wonderful, after all, if high school students were as deeply absorbed in their ‘work’ as five-year-olds are in their play? – Deborah Meier The ... -
Waivers, Blueprints and Reform: The Future of Educational Policy
Kids are taught from infancy that every person is special – that each child has his or her own talents and strengths to bring the world. ... -
Top 3 Reasons the US Should Switch to Year-Round Schooling
The traditional school year, with roughly three months of vacation days every summer, was first implemented when America was an agricultural society. Learning to read, write, ...
