December 29, 2017
By: Isabel Fattal
Source: The Atlantic As trends in education ebb and flow, it gets hard to keep track of the current state of things. Visuals can clarify what’s changed over the past year and what has stayed the same. As 2017 comes to a close, we’ve compiled some graphs and charts that help contextualize the […]
December 28, 2017
By: Jordyn Zimmerman
Source: The Hechinger Report Have you ever tried having a conversation with someone on campus, when they hesitantly and ever-so-awkwardly start signing to you? Or have you ever asked another student a question and had them respond to you in writing? When I think of these experiences, I always laugh at how […]
December 26, 2017
By: Tony Wan
Source: EdSurge For lifelong learners and writers, the travel bug bites hard. Few experiences are as invigorating as learning new things, meeting old friends and making future ones—across locations familiar and exotic. One of the best parts of the job is checking out the education technology conferences that dot the globe. It […]
December 22, 2017
By: Matt Barnum
Source: Chalkbeat Education research comes out faster than most of us can keep up with — and staying up to date gets even harder when advocates on every side claim that the newest study supports their views. We’re here to help. Here are some of the most important lessons we’re taking away from 2017, […]
December 21, 2017
By: Amy Erin Borovoy
Source: Edutopia Winter break is imminent—or for some lucky folks, has started already—and with it comes year-end retrospectives of all stripes, from YouTube’s Rewind to Google’s Year in Search. Here at Edutopia, we like to round up the best educational parodies of the year to give a wink to the many teachers and students […]
December 21, 2017
By: Linda Jacobson
Source: Education Dive Dive Brief: For 20 years, the state-run Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) has provided medical, dental and vision coverage for children in families who earn too much for Medicaid but don’t have or can’t afford private insurance. Now, families will have to wait until next year to find out if funding […]
December 21, 2017
By: Alix Mammina
Source: Education Week For the second year in a row, a New Jersey elementary school teacher has raised thousands of dollars from online donations to provide Christmas gifts for every student at her school. When a student told Jennifer Olawski that she wasn’t expecting anything for Christmas last year, the health and physical […]
December 21, 2017
By: Madeline Will
Source: Education Week The clock is ticking down for 2017, bringing an eventful year to a close. Before you head off on a well-deserved break, take a look at our list of the 10 most-read Teaching Now posts this year. 10. Study: Black Students More Likely to Graduate if They Have One Black Teacher This […]
December 21, 2017
By: Valerie Strauss
Source: The Washington Post A multimillion dollar education award launched in China has named one of its first winners: an American. A Stanford University professor was named co-winner for her groundbreaking research in student motivation and into how to help young people cultivate success — and she took the occasion to call for more “heart” […]
December 20, 2017
By: Cathy Spaulding
Source: Muskogee Phoenix Ben Franklin STEM Academy students with certain needs have a place to swing, watch bubbles, relax and focus better in class. BFSA teachers Carol Ford and Heather Lasson created a Sensory Room with items funded by a $4,000 Education Foundation of Muskogee grant. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, […]