June 27, 2016

By: Molly Zielezinski
Source: edsurge.com Seven. That’s the magic number. Why? In the report published last week by the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, Professor Linda Darling-Hammond and I summarized research findings about the conditions and practices that support positive outcomes of technology use and digital learning experiences for underserved, under-resourced, and underprepared […]

June 27, 2016

By: Sarah Butrymowicz
Source: hechingerreport.org TARTU, Estonia—Most educators and policymakers can rattle off a list of international educational powerhouses: Korea. Singapore. Japan. Finland. But there’s an overlooked member of the list: Estonia. Even as educators from around the world flock to Finland to discover its magic formula, Estonia, just a two-hour ferry ride away, has […]

June 27, 2016

By: Michelle Diament
Source: disabilityscoop.com One family’s experience with a child on the spectrum is at the heart of a drama premiering on television this summer. The British show “The A Word” will debut in July on SundanceTV. The one-hour drama, which aired on BBC One earlier this year in the United Kingdom, focuses on […]

June 27, 2016

By: Kate Giammarise
Source: disabilityscoop.com PITTSBURGH — Abbey Etling lifts the sippy cup to her lips and drinks from it. It’s a small gesture, but one that is laden with meaning for her mother, Sandy Etling. Being able to lift a cup, drink from it, and set it down without dropping it or spilling it […]

June 27, 2016

By: NPR/TED Staff
Source: npr.org About Carol Dweck’s TED Talk Carol Dweck finds that the words adults use to describe kids’ progress affects the children’s belief in their own potential. About Carol Dweck Carol Dweck is a professor at Stanford and the author of Mindset, a classic work on motivation. She studies the benefits of […]

June 27, 2016

By: Christina Samuels
Source: blogs.edweek.org The New York-based National Center for Learning Disabilities, a disability advocacy organization that manages the popular website Understood, will be getting new leadership next month. Mimi Clarke Corcoran will be the organization’s new president, starting on July 11. She will succeed James H. Wendorf, who will become senior adviser with […]

June 27, 2016

By: Sarah D. Sparks
Source: edweek.org More than 6.5 million students in 2013-14 attended a school where at least half of teachers missed 10 days of school or more, according to the most recent estimate from the U.S. Department of Education. Now, a new analysis by the Education Week Research Center adds some context to […]

June 23, 2016

By: Eliza Sankar-Gorton
Source: huffingtonpost.com Pixar just keeps swimming. After 13 long years Finding Dory, the sequel to Finding Nemo, arrived with a splash this weekend, receiving strong reviews and big box-office returns. The movie is a treat for us ‘90s kids as much as it is for true youngsters; it’s got laughs, tear-jerking moments, […]

June 23, 2016

By: Ann Schimke
Source: chalkbeat.org Will my kindergartener sit at a desk all day? Do elementary schools open their doors to parents? When will my child’s school contact me? Those were some of the questions that preschool parents sitting around a table at Aurora’s Laredo Child Development Center asked this May during a conversation about […]

June 23, 2016

By: Betsy Corcoran
Source: edsurge.com Almost 20 years ago, when Paul Curtis was a social studies teacher at the just-opened New Technology High School in Napa, Calif., there wasn’t much “tech” to support project-based learning. “We didn’t even give the kids email addresses back then,” he chuckles. Even now, Curtis, Director of Curriculum for the […]