Balefire Labs Announces Best Educational Apps of 2014

In order to lead a STEM learning environment, it is important to understand what it provides for and what it demands of teachers. STEM can reach more learners because hands-on collaborative inquiry invites more learners into the process, gives purpose to study and quells the age-old question, "Why do we have to learn this?".  Content is relevant to the 21st century workplace. It brings science, technology, engineering, and math to the center of the learning…

Passing the Citrix 1Y0-201—great advantages for the IT professionals

Understanding the nature of 1Y0-201 Managing Citrix XenDesktop 7.6 Solutions

The Citrix Managing Citrix XenDesktop 7.6 Solutions is a well-known Citrix certification exam, which is associated with  numerous promising job roles. The Citrix 1Y0-201 questions has designed the core areas of Citrix Managing Citrix XenDesktop 7.6 Solutions in a technical way and in the wake of…

ALLIANCE FOR QUALITY EDUCATION: CUOMO’S SCHOOL PLAN BASED ON FLIMSY EVIDENCE

Governor’s Plan to Appoint School Czars to Takeover Struggling Schools and Districts is Based upon Flimsy Evidence and Represents Unprecedented State Overreach

(Long Island, NY) Today Governor Cuomo sent a letter to Chancellor of the Board of Regents Meryl…

Leaders announce and compliment but joy is what love brings into our toolbox. It takes risks and practice. No, we can't be huggers without being careful but we do need to ask ourselves how our teachers and children know we love them? How do we show our joy at the success of children or the passing of a bond issue?

In a 2005 keynote, Otto Scharmer asked twelve questions. Just these two might offer an…

  Why did Prometheus come down to give us knowledge? Zeus didn't want him to do this. Prometheus was sent into outer darkness for his sin.

 For thousands of years,  people understood that they should be thankful to Prometheus. He brought the fire, he brought the light, he brought the knowledge that humanity needed to rise above the level of dirt.

 I doubt kids today ever hear about Prometheus. But they should. 

Just as political leaders should now…

Passing the Cisco 350-080—great advantages for the IT professionals

Understanding the nature of 350-080 CCIE Data Center Written Exam

The Cisco CCIE Data Center Written Exam is a well-known Cisco certification exam, which is associated with  numerous promising job roles. The Cisco 350-080 questions has designed the core areas of Cisco CCIE Data Center Written Exam in a technical way and in the wake of advanced Cisco sector marketplace, the…

On a professional level though, how can we hold our educational community accountable? Have we slipped there? Is it our role to model integrity and to hold others to the same bar? Test scores are such a small part of the equation...yet we've allowed ourselves to be reduced to them. Accountability as a check on conscience is not a bad thing. As educators, we have each made a commitment to the children we serve. We will deliver the best education we can, by being the best teachers and leaders…

Demographic truths about Latino attainment

U.S. population growth is now driven by Hispanics: No other group is replenishing itself through births or immigration to reverse overall population decline, writes Tim Henderson for Stateline. In 25 states, however, whites are twice as likely as Hispanics to have college degrees, a serious problem in an economy that generates more jobs for the educated. Rising Latino dropout rates and falling family incomes will put…