Tag: Education
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6 Saddening Facts about Childhood Obesity and Unhealthy Body Image
The rate of obesity among children is skyrocketing—and this is something to worry about. After all, as you might expect, obese children are at a higher ... -
What eduCLIMBER is getting right about student data use
The Educational Technology market is one of the fastest growing in the world. Investors are scrambling to get a piece of what is an exploding industry ... -
Education officials to re-examine standardized testing
Education officials will re-examine standardized testing in the U.S. due to growing complaints from the public. The general consensus is that students pre-kindergarten to 12th grade are ... -
Educators’ Choice Content Awards Announced
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) January 7, 2016 – Last year, SmartBrief readers were challenged to think outside the box by two original content pieces on learning with laughter ... -
What can the U.S. learn from South Korea’s testing pressures?
**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 ... -
Nutritional school lunches on the rise, study finds
A new study has found an increase in nutritional school lunches and other meals since the implementation Michelle Obama’s Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, according to the Christian Science Monitor. ... -
California education funding sees a boost
Pre-recession spending levels are back in California. Well, at least California education funding has returned to pre-recession levels. Students are seeing the same funding to their ... -
Google diversity: Will the tech giant get it right?
As the first tech company to announce its diversity statistics in May of 2014, Google admits to poor numbers again in 2015. A whopping 70 percent of ... -
The Crucial Role of Parental Involvement
By Matthew Lynch It is beyond any doubt that low-performing schools would benefit from developing strong parent-school partnerships. However, it is not always easy to promote ... -
2 Concepts that Illustrate How Fun Math Actually Is
President Obama’s Race to the Top initiative emphasizes STEM learning, particularly in mathematics, in order for more students to make it to high school graduation and ...