Tag: put kids first
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After school shootings, students fare poorly in math, English
**The Edvocate is pleased to publish guest posts as way to fuel important conversations surrounding a P-20 education in America. The opinions contained within guest ... -
3 Reasons Students Don’t Play More Games in the Classroom
Children are becoming acutely acquainted with mobile technology long before their K-12 classroom years. When they arrive at their first organized school experiences, they are often ... -
8 Reasons Common Core Won’t Make It
Nothing in recent educational history that has caused more of a stir than the implementation of national Common Core standards in most states. Everyone from politicians ... -
Keeping Public School Libraries Relevant
Public school libraries have always served an admirable purpose in education. In an indirect way, K-12 libraries have given students support in learning endeavors and been ... -
Top 3 Little-Considered Issues Related to Student Diversity
Schools and colleges tout the buzz word “diversity” when talking about their ideal student populations, but ideals and reality do not always add up. Diversity is ... -
Avoiding School Reform Roadblocks
When initiating reform, an action plan must be developed before the school can determine how the reform will be carried out and how it will be ... -
STEM Funding in Danger – But Does Anyone Care?
Under proposed budget changes for the 2014 fiscal year, many STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) educational initiatives may no longer exist. Though overall funding for ... -
Examining the Impact of Culture on Academic Performance
A person’s culture and upbringing has a profound effect on how they see the world and how they process information. This fact was discussed by Richard ... -
Can Superstar Teachers Save Failing Schools?
By Matthew Lynch An interesting phenomenon in many public, private and charter schools is the adoption of accountability standards that read more like a white paper ... -
Why more K-12 schools should teach the Arabic language
By Kelly Doffing From improving memory to increasing global understanding, the benefits of learning a foreign language are abundant. As globalization continues and we progress toward a ...
