Tag: Eduleaders
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Designer Learning Experiences: Bridging the Gap for Low-Income and Minority Students
The number of minority students outweighs the number of white students—yet underrepresented minorities still often face a worse quality education than their white counterparts. It’s prime ... -
Hope for High School Dropouts: How Increasing Graduation Rates Will Transform Our Country
Are math and science killing our high school graduation rates? More rigorous math and science requirements for high school graduation are in place. At the same ... -
Saving School Libraries: How Technology and Innovation Help Them Stay Relevant
School libraries today have to be different from libraries of the past—or they will just lose their value completely. Stay tuned to figure out some of ... -
Reviving Creativity: How to Bring Art Back to Schools
As schools look for ways to slash their budgets, it’s become en vogue to treat art programs as disposable. After all, children need to be prepared ... -
Schools gravitating toward healthy fundraising
Fun runs are popular these days and bake sales are taking the back seat, partly thanks to the changes from a “smart snacks” provision in the Healthy, ... -
How can parental involvement in schools improve?
**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 ... -
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Instead of textbooks, why not pay teachers for content?
By Brandon Wilmarth As an English teacher in Oklahoma’s Moore Public Schools, I was recruited by some textbook providers to help them create content. It was ... -
High school graduation rate soars in the U.S.
According to federal data recently released, the national high school graduation rate is at an all time high of 82 percent earning their diploma on time ... -
There’s a new addiction on campus: Problematic Internet Use (PIU)
Susan M. Snyder, Georgia State University; Jennifer E. O’Brien, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, and Wen Li, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill ... -
Instructional Leadership and Student Performance
According to research, schools that make a positive difference in the learning levels are led by principals who make a positive contribution to staff effectiveness and ...