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Ways teachers can save money for retirement
**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 ... -
#MichaelBrown is probably sitting in your classroom
**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 ... -
How Good Are We at Promoting Linguistic and Intellectual Diversity in the Classroom?
Language is intimately tied to culture and diversity in the classroom. Immigrants initially tried to keep their homeland culture alive in their youth by creating language ... -
Are lectures a good way to learn?
Phillip Dawson, Monash University Imagine a future where university enrolment paperwork is accompanied by the statement: Warning: lectures may stunt your academic performance and increase risk of ... -
The 3 Necessary Steps to Getting Your Teaching Degree
Becoming an educator begins, of course, with your own education. Whether you’re starting your pathway to becoming a teacher straight out of high school or are ... -
Should college and high school diplomas be earned together?
The term “college prep” as it relates to high school paths has a different meaning than when I was a teenager. The high school courses that ... -
What’s so Important About a Culturally Responsive Curriculum?
Some of you may feel compelled to use the “color-blind” approach to instructing your students, overlooking your students’ race or ethnic background in the interests of ... -
2 Ways Educational Opportunity Has Risen 80 Percent Since 1970
According to the Historical Report of Opportunity, released by Opportunity Nation and Measure of America, educational opportunity has escalated by 80 percent since 1970. The Report ... -
Rethinking the Emphasis on Standardized Testing
Note: Today’s guest blog is from Robert Sun, chairman, president and CEO of Suntex International Inc. and inventor of First In Math, an online program designed ... -
Keeping children back a year doesn’t help them read better
Paul Thomas, Furman University If you’re an eight-year-old living in Charleston, South Carolina, you’re soon going to need to study extra hard at reading. The US ...
