A Principal's Reflections
MARCH 27, 2022
When we do things a certain way, we often become comfortable, especially if we are satisfied with the result. While this might seem perfectly fine on the surface, the truth is that progress can become stagnant. The fact of the matter is that change will always be needed as employing the same old thinking will continue to lead to the same old results.
TeachThought
MARCH 29, 2022
'Believing in students' isn't enough--they have to have sufficient knowledge or experience with ideas and skills to 'do well in school.'. The post When Students Lack Confidence: Always Separate The Student From The Performance appeared first on TeachThought.
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The Hechinger Report
MARCH 31, 2022
Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Subscribe today! Robert Sternberg is frustrated. Really frustrated. As a professor of psychology at Cornell University, Sternberg has long studied standardized tests, and concluded they don’t provide much useful information on whether students are learning to think critically and crea
Digital Promise
MARCH 29, 2022
In our latest publication, Micro-credentials for Social Mobility in Rural Postsecondary Communities: A Landscape Report , Digital Promise conducted four in-depth case studies to explore how postsecondary institutions are using micro-credentials to create real-time career pathways for rural learners. These innovative institutions are: focused on supporting social mobility for poverty-impacted rural learners; prioritizing outreach to communities of color, returning citizens, and women; designing a
ED Surge
APRIL 1, 2022
In the next few days, thousands of edtech entrepreneurs, investors, educators and policymakers will flood a hotel in San Diego to attend the Mecca of Education Innovation Optimism known as ASU GSV. So now is the perfect time to reflect on the state of edtech. I was lucky enough to attend the inaugural ASU GSV back in 2010 in Tempe, Arizona. It was a modest two-day affair: maybe 350 attendees in sweaty overcrowded rooms, a few speeches by CEOs and academics.
TeachThought
MARCH 28, 2022
Sounds leads to words, words to ideas, ideas to perspectives, perspectives to behavioral change, and behavioral change to a better world. The post The Relationship Between Reading And Critical Literacy appeared first on TeachThought.
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 30, 2022
As we enter a new era of focusing on mental health, we must prioritize Black young adults. The recent losses of Ian Alexander, Jr., and Cheslie Kryst are very visible tragedies of an underlying crisis we cannot ignore. The suicide rate among 13- to 30-year-olds is growing fastest in the Black community, rising over 50 percent between 2010 and 2019. A study in The Journal for Community Health found that the rate of death by suicide among Black girls ages 13 to 19 rose 182 percent between 2001 and
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ED Surge
MARCH 30, 2022
Just before her 16th birthday, Cara Rothrock got her first job working at a 1950s roadside restaurant and ice cream stand, only a few miles from her parents’ house in a small town in Floyd County, Indiana. She poured soft serve. She cooked burgers and fries. She cleaned counters and took orders and ran food out to customers seated at picnic tables. All behind the glow of a bright, neon-lit parrot and a sign that read, “Polly’s Freeze.
TeachThought
MARCH 28, 2022
In this list, we've collected posters, apps, definitions, apps, tools, videos and strategies and more to help teachers use Bloom's Taxonomy. The post 50 Resources For Teaching With Bloom’s Taxonomy appeared first on TeachThought.
Edthena
MARCH 31, 2022
Did spring break keep you from staying up-to-date on recent resources for teachers and instructional coaches? Not to worry; spring has sprung and we’re blooming with this month’s curated resources for teachers and coaches. This edition of noted and notable content for educators includes how to say “yes” to a sustainable workload, best practices for family engagement, and creating a positive school culture.
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 29, 2022
Every few months, readers interested in higher education see yet another article on “college majors that lead to the highest incomes.” Topping the lists, at least for starting salaries, are STEM fields such as engineering (all kinds), computer science and applied mathematics. Liberal arts fields such as English and history routinely come in far below, suggesting that a life of genteel poverty awaits those who enjoy Jane Austen.
ED Surge
APRIL 1, 2022
“We need to talk about the trauma of teaching through a pandemic,” urges Christopher Bowen, a STEM curriculum specialist for Johnson City Schools in Tennessee. Through his current role, his experience teaching middle school science for over a decade and his work teaching future educators as an adjunct professor at East Tennessee State University, Bowen sees this as a glaring need across the educational landscape.
Digital Promise
MARCH 31, 2022
The post Facilitating Next Generation Learning Research with SEERNet appeared first on Digital Promise.
Edthena
MARCH 29, 2022
The School District of Lee County takes professional learning seriously. With 84,000 students and nearly 100 public schools and 6,000 teachers, the district is supporting many learners. At the Learning Forward conference in Dec. 2021, Asst. Director of Professional Development Helen Martin and Coordinator of Professional Development Amy French presented about how they use Edthena to build capacity, trust, growth, and goals among coaches and teachers.
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 28, 2022
Every year the College Board, the organization that oversees Advanced Placement and SAT exams, publishes an alarming graph. It depicts college tuition soaring like a rocket into the sky, although the trajectory has leveled off in recent years. The implicit message is clear: college has become increasingly unaffordable, forcing too many young adults to take on stratospheric debts. .
ED Surge
MARCH 30, 2022
The cost of college keeps climbing, and schools these days are considering all kinds of innovative options to keep costs low. But one liberal-arts college recently announced a radical new approach that does away with the idea of tuition altogether and instead counts on something else: gratitude. The school in question is Hope College in Michigan, and here’s the idea: give students a college education for free and hope that they will pay it all back in donations in the course of their lifetimes.
Education Elements
MARCH 28, 2022
Every teacher has a purpose. Every teacher has a reason that they entered the classroom. For some, that purpose originated when they were a student in school. For others, it was an unbridled passion for their content area. Each teacher’s own “why” is what makes them unique and valuable members of their school. However when adversity strikes, purpose is often the first thing that a teacher puts down.
Letters and Ink Blog
APRIL 1, 2022
If you love to declutter or you really need some help to declutter your digital files this guide is for you! Around April every year, my teacher brain starts getting antsy. When there is less planning to think about, I can’t ignore all of the digital files I’ve collected throughout the year – copies of copies of documents from professional development; graphic organizers I saw online, saved, and never used; and ideas I started working on but never finished.
C3 Teachers
MARCH 30, 2022
Image of New York State Archives and Museum in Albany, New York Making connections with cultural centers offers educators a measure of expertise outside their own content knowledge and pedagogical skill. Doing so also offers valuable resources that can be used to help bring history to life. These advantages suggest why connections with cultural centers should matter to educators, students and the local community.
ED Surge
MARCH 28, 2022
Many colleges claim to help students find good jobs—but Texas State Technical College takes that to a new level. The multi-campus community college has a unique mission and funding structure. It’s not designed to help students study the liberal arts or transfer to four-year universities; instead, it prepares people to work as power linemen and dental hygienists.
Geography Teacher Sharing
MARCH 27, 2022
Gotten the students to explore the South coast of England (Seaton ) using Google Earth. I have place marked 7 sites for them to study the coastal features and processes. You can access the Google Earth file here - [link] Using the ruler function , they could measure the length and width of the spit. They could also infer the direction of the longshore drift using the north arrow and observing how the spit has extended from the land towards the sea across the river mouth.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 1, 2022
The number of colleges with Latino enrollment of at least 25 percent has declined during the pandemic, reversing a 20-year trend in higher education, and putting these students at a disadvantage, experts say. Colleges with at least 25 percent Latino enrollment are designated as Hispanic-serving Institutions, or HSIs, by the federal government and are eligible for certain grant programs to further Latino student success.
MPSA
MARCH 30, 2022
by Michael A. Smith, Professor of Political Science, Emporia State University Between 10 and 15 years ago, Political Science experienced a renewed interest in civic education. The National Conference on Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement (NCCLDE) produced a report in 2012 featuring numerous examples of Americans teaming up to make a difference in their communities.
ED Surge
MARCH 28, 2022
Regularly I run into our students making Tik Tok videos in school stairwells. I often jump in, but that’s a different article for another day. I’ve come to learn that these videos are complicated, skillful endeavors that require multiple takes, and sometimes, over an hour to edit. Influencer and digital strategist, Casie Stewart , notes that the act of posting, which seems simple in thought, actually requires camera work, graphic design, or copywriting to create the content itself.
ED Surge
MARCH 28, 2022
Schools are confronting vast achievement gaps among students and an exhausted teaching force. Some say it’s time to finally commit to scalable personalized learning. Not only do we need to meet kids individually where they are, but we also have to ease the burden that teachers face. For Dr. Shawn Smith, Chief Innovation Officer at McGraw Hill , that means serving up the content that each student needs—at the right time and in a way that directly connects to their interests.
ED Surge
MARCH 31, 2022
We’re familiar with the higher education headlines. Growing student debt, declining college enrollment, faculty layoffs and department closures, to name a few. The world’s complexity has been catapulted to a new level, and higher education is feeling the repercussions like never before. In 2015, I wrote a book responding to the declining-enrollment crisis faced by many small liberal arts colleges throughout the country.
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 28, 2022
In the early 1990s, two Alabama historians tried to write textbooks that defied Lost Cause myths and gave detailed accounts of Reconstruction. This story also appeared in AL.com. But their ventures would cost them more than just time and money. “I learned way more than I ever wanted to learn about textbooks, and way more than I ever wanted to learn about Alabama politics,” said Robert Norrell, a former University of Alabama history professor and textbook publisher.
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 29, 2022
DOVER, Del. — Nearly 150 years after its founding, the end was near for Wesley College. This story also appeared in Andscape. A fixture of Delaware’s state capital, the private liberal arts institution had a reputation for offering a close-knit and supportive atmosphere for its students. Even so, its enrollment had dwindled from a high of 2,250 students in 2003 to about 1,000 by 2020.
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