Kids Get Enough Tech Outside of School—Shouldn’t the Classroom Offer Them Something Different?

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

One thousand hours: That’s approximately the number of instructional hours …

Partnerships between the private sector and education have the ability to leverage a unique set of resources, talent, involvement, and know-how from each partner that can maximize collective efforts. In this two part series on school-business partnerships, bloggers Ann Myers and Jill Berkowicz asked the same set of questions of Dr. David Evans, NSTA Executive Director and Blair Blackwell, Manager of Education and Corporate Programs at Chevron Corporation. Today's answers come from Dr. David…

14 Virtual Tools for the Math Classroom

The Common Core and PARCC debacle continue to rage at conferences, in articles and blogs, at board meetings, in faculty meetings, PTA meetings, and in living rooms and legislative hallways. Actually we think this is a good thing. The attention of parents, board members, teachers, community members, politicians, and candidates on the quality of education is certainly larger than in recent memory. There are questions about the value of national standards, the appropriate nature of some…

In today’s modern world, almost all students have their own mobile devices to access the Internet. With the help of various tools that you can use online, life is much easier not just for students but also for educators. When you search the web, there is a wide array of platforms and tools that are specifically created to meet the needs of teachers and students. So, what…

I would submit to you that an elementary school's policy on recess tells you everything you need to know about that school's seriousness.

 Our Education Establishment for decades has flirted with a total lack of seriousness. How do we know this? Because they found many reasons to downplay or eliminate recess. That means you have millions of restless, unhappy kids who are unlikely to learn anything at all. And when these children squirm and complain, they are labeled ADHD and…

Stop Testing and Punishing Teachers

Mercedes Schneider is a high school English teacher and the author of "A Chronicle of Echoes: Who's Who in the Implosion of American Public Education."…

Treat Teacher Education Like a Medical Residency

Jal Mehta, an associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is the author of "The Allure of Order: High Hopes, Dashed Expectations, and the…

I’m a queer teacher in the Deep South — how talking about my identity challenges hate

Passing the HP HPE0-J75—great advantages for the IT professionals

Understanding the nature of HPE0-J75 Delta - Foundations of HPE Storage Solutions

The HP Delta - Foundations of HPE Storage Solutions is a well-known HP certification exam, which is associated with  numerous promising job roles. The HP HPE0-J75 questions has designed the core areas of HP Delta - Foundations of HPE Storage Solutions in a technical way and in the wake of…

We know that education is very important in our lives. Learning in the four corners of our classroom is such a great opportunity for every child. But with so many things that can destruct children in the learning process, it becomes difficult for teachers to engage their students in learning.…

Answer Sheet

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and baloney

By Valerie Strauss March 1 at 1:30 PM

N.Y. Governor Andrew Cuomo  (AP Photo/Gary Wiepert)

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s school reform proposals have…