April 15, 2016
By: Beth Fertig
Source: npr.org “How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean, by providence impoverished, in squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar?” Lin Manuel Miranda’s answer to that question — the musical Hamilton — has […]
April 14, 2016
By: Robert Nott
Source: santafenewmexican.com Special-education providers warned lawmakers Wednesday that staffing cuts could mean a loss in critical services for some of the state’s most vulnerable students. Educators and specialists from across New Mexico voiced concerns to the Legislative Finance Committee about a recent Public Education Department analysis that said about 40 of the […]
April 14, 2016
By: Emma Brown
Source: washingtonpost.com As most states have moved to new standardized tests based on the Common Core during the past two years, many also have switched from administering those tests the old-fashioned way — with paper and No. 2 pencils — to delivering them online using computers, laptops and tablets. The transition aims to […]
April 14, 2016
By: Emma Brown
Source: washingtonpost.com The nation’s schools have focused so intently on improving students’ math and reading skills that, in many cases, they have squeezed out other important subjects, such as social studies, science and the arts. That’s the message that U.S. Education Secretary John King Jr. plans to deliver during a speech Thursday […]
April 14, 2016
By: Sean Wolohan
Source: edsurge.com The lack of access to high-speed internet and its impact on learning is well-documented. What has been coined as “the digital divide” is one of many problems that threaten students from mid to low-income families nationwide. 33% of low and moderate-income families—and 50% of families below the poverty line— do […]
April 14, 2016
by: Jacky Mader
Source: hechingerreport.org This is the second story in a three-part series about teacher preparation and whether programs are doing enough to prepare new teachers to take over their own classrooms. WASHINGTON — By October of his first year teaching, the reality of Amit Reddy’s new job was clear: He would not be […]
April 14, 2016
By: Eric Westervelt
Source: npr.org Bloodletting to keep the “humors” in balance was a leading medical treatment from ancient Greece to the late 19th century. That’s hard to believe now, in the age of robot-assisted surgery, but “doctors” trusted lancets and leeches for centuries. To Nobel laureate Carl Wieman, the college lecture is the educational […]
April 14, 2016
By: Christina Samuels
Source: blogs.edweek.org Minority students are less likely to be identified with autism, but they are out there. But most research into effective educational interventions has concerned white, English-speaking males with autism—prompting questions about whether some interventions touted as evidence-based are really the best fit for students who come from different backgrounds. A report […]
April 14, 2016
By: Evie Blad
Source: edweek.org Schools in this city, known for its aging casinos, are using a comprehensive social-emotional learning strategy to tackle student engagement and academic success. The 64,000-student Washoe County district wants to raise its graduation rate, which reached a record 75 percent in 2015, to 90 percent by 2020, an ambitious goal […]
April 13, 2016
By: Jackie Mader
Source: theatlantic.com MIDDLE RIVER, MD—On a chilly November morning, Michael Duklewski stood outside his seventh-grade classroom as students filed in, some shoving each other playfully, others still half asleep. One by one they took a piece of paper from a bin by the front door and made their way to their seats. […]