Tag: Education
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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 ... -
Pass or Fail: Standardized Testing and Education Problems in the U.S.
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 ... -
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 ... -
Global academic collaboration: a new form of colonisation?
Hanne Kirstine Adriansen, Aarhus University Higher education in Africa is as old as the pyramids in Egypt. But the continent’s ancient institutions have long disappeared. The ... -
How The Competency-Based Model Will Revolutionize Higher Education
By: Laura Seuschek, Chief Creative Officer at Wisewire Higher education across the globe is in a state of transition. Online learning has become commonplace and the ... -
The Edvocate’s List of 20 Must-Follow K-12 Teacher Twitter Feeds
To say that teachers are busy would be an understatement! Besides the act of teaching, you spend hours every day and on the weekend on lesson ... -
The Edvocate’s List of the 20 Best Education Systems in the World
*The Edvocate is pleased to produce its “Best of the Best” resource lists. These lists provide our readers with rankings for education-related blogs, twitter accounts, influencers, ... -
Disengaged Students, Part 3: The Role of Nationalism
In this 20-part series, I explore the root causes and effects of academic disengagement in K-12 learners and explore the factors driving American society ever closer ... -
How companies learn what children secretly want
Faith Boninger, University of Colorado and Alex Molnar, University of Colorado If you have children, you are likely to worry about their safety – you show ... -
Disengaged Students, Part 2: The Anti-Intellectualism of Thomas Jefferson
In this 20-part series, I explore the root causes and effects of academic disengagement in K-12 learners and explore the factors driving American society ever closer ...
