Tag: school reform
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Libraries of the Future: Where Trends Are Taking K-12 Public School Libraries
Modern K-12 public libraries will offer intensely engaging learning environments to all students. How they will go about doing this is less certain but the principle ... -
3 Things Every Educator Should Know about Supporting LGBT Students
With a staggering 90 percent of LGBT students experiencing verbal harassment related to their sexual orientation, it is obvious that Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender, or ... -
Challenging physical educators on childhood obesity prevention
**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 ... -
Should We Rewrite American History Books?
“History has a point of view; it cannot be all things to all people.” – Samuel Taylor When it comes to textbooks, every school district in ... -
School budget: How to recapture time and money that’s already there
**The Edvocate is pleased to publish this guest post on school budget maximization as way to fuel important conversations surrounding P-20 education in America. The opinions ... -
Attacks on tenure based on facile teacher ideals and stereotypes
**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 posts ... -
3 Celebrities Who Really Care About Education
Many public figures and celebrities are well-known and celebrated within their domain, and that is to be expected. But some of them also really have other ... -
5 Recent Developments That Have Changed the State of For-Profit Education
It’s really no secret that more people are seeking out alternative forms of higher education, and that non-traditional students are more commonplace as a result. For-profit ... -
Math Learning – A Universal Language?
Fifth-grade students at Woodward Elementary School had an interesting math assignment this fall: watching college football games. Though seemingly fun on the surface, the assignment had ... -
Year-Round Schooling: How it Affects the Economy
In this series I have been writing about different facets of the year-round schooling debate. First I looked at the effects on students and then moved ...
