Crossing the Border to Kindergarten

By Annalisa Nash Fernandez

Ed Week

English-language learners represent nearly one in 10 public school students nationwide. There is no question that ELL programs can strain limited school resources, but these children do learn English. And as early language learners, they also enjoy a wide range of cognitive benefits. Benefits that I wanted my own children to take advantage of because they do not live in a Spanish-speaking…

“Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.” St. Jerome

After years of teaching in many buildings and several districts, I have acquired a number of observations on how teachers view and rate administrators. Of course everyone’s view is skewed by each person’s idea of how an administrator is supposed to provide leadership, as well as what amount of an administrator’s job should be administration and how…

While the point of inception for online programs is somewhat subject to debate, the success and growth of this particular brand of education is undeniable. Historically however, the offerings for online degree programs have been somewhat limited. Many schools, such as Pepperdine University’s Graziado School of Business and Management have been successful with more traditional offerings like MBA degrees, but increasingly the online offerings have…

Universal access to tablets provides an opportunity to gather evidence

As students increasingly use technology in school, with many schools providing students with free digital devices, the opportunity has never been better to create innovative applications of technology and evaluate their impacts on student achievement, says Robert Slavin, Director of Johns Hopkins University's Center for Research and Reform in Education, …