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Vaccination Push Underway To Contain Mumps Outbreak In Philadelphia
Temple University officials say the vast majority of students who are part of a mumps outbreak had been immunized previously with a vaccine that protects against measles, mumps and rubella.
Demographic Trends Push Giving Down Among Young People
In particular, giving and volunteering rates among young college graduate have been falling in recent years, driven in part by social and demographic trends that point to continued declines, according to a new report.
How to build a better teacher: Groups push a 9-point plan called TeachStrong
A coalition of 40 education organizations seeks to modernize and elevate the teaching profession.
The Push For STEM Education: Why It Matters |
The Push For STEM Education: Why It Matters contributed by Anne David There are millions of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) jobs all over the world, and that number is growing rapidly. Companies are struggling to meet the demands of a changing workforce, and both students and working-age adults are trying to make a …
What’s pushing teachers’ buttons?
Schools are finding it increasingly difficult to recruit teachers. We look at the challenges facing the profession
GRAVES: A gentle push to continue learning
If you ever have the good fortune — and I say that sincerely, tongue nowhere near cheek — of taking an introductory course in teacher ed, you will typically hear or, better yet, engage in a discussion of the status of education as a profession.The classical professions include such areas as medicine,...
How to Push for Reform without Alienating Teachers
For all of its victories, the school reform movement finds itself in a pickle. To succeed in creating world-class schools and raising student achievement, it needs teachers to feel motivated, empowered, and inspired. And yet, many teachers are down in the dumps.
The push to educate children earlier is a mistake: Letters
As a retired elementary school teacher and mother of four sons, I believe the push to educate children earlier and earlier is a great mistake. It seems to benefit the working parents, but has a dis…
Technology Pushing Schools To Embrace Project-Based Learning
Project-based learning, which combines academic concepts with real-life activities, is being spurred on by powerful technologies in many school districts.
Are You Pushing Or Pulling Students In Your Classroom? |
Are You Pushing Or Pulling Students In Your Classroom? by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought PD At the risk of characterizing teaching and learning in a factory context let’s face it, classrooms are a kind of marketplace system with an exchange of ideas and thinking incentivized by a variety of factors. With this in mind, …
3 actions K-12 leaders should push for to better fund English learners
Diversity doesn't simply mean supporting English learners—it also means recognizing the heterogeneity of English learners themselves.
How Opening Up Classroom Doors Can Push Education Forward
What if teachers embraced the idea of transparency as a form of activism, a way of shining light on what works in the classroom?
How Common Core Is Pushing States to Make School More Challenging for Kids
“Proficient” doesn't mean the same thing these days that it did in years past.
Regents grade ‘scrubbing’ helped push students to graduation, study finds
A study found no evidence that teachers who manipulated scores to increase their own pay, or even to help their […]
Inside the Growing Push for Social and Emotional Learning in K-12 Education
More funders are backing social and emotional learning and other “whole child” approaches, helping power a growing field that aims to reimagine schools. But what do philanthropies mean when they talk about SEL and what’s behind its new popularity?
