Tag: Education
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Who should monitor homeschooling?
Robert Kunzman, Indiana University, Bloomington Should homeschool parents have complete control over the content and outcomes of their children’s education, with no external assessment or evaluation ... -
Data secrecy violating data democracy in D.C. public 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 ... -
False Positives: Low Student Loan Default Scores
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The value of student and teacher input in EdTech
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STEM Learning Must Go Beyond Memorizing Facts and Theories
By Steven Korte There is a growing global demand for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) professionals. At the same time, experts in science education are ... -
How to motivate unmotivated students
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Another Failed Charter: Do These Schools have a Future?
In February of 2013, the Einstein Montessori School in Orlando became a casualty of the charter school experiment. State officials closed the school that had 40 ... -
Economy Improves, School Spending Continue to Fall – So What Gives?
As the news headlines regarding the current U.S. economy continue to improve, there is one area that is still feeling the squeeze from the recession years: ... -
School Community Collaboration and Peer Observation as Levers to Student Success
A guest post by Mark D. Benigni, Ed.D., Thomas W. Giard III, and David Levenduski Meriden Public Schools, Connecticut We are in an unprecedented era of ... -
Obama calls for limits on school testing. Here’s why
Kalpana Jain, The Conversation President Obama has urged states to cut back on too much testing. In a Facebook video message October 24, the president urged ...