Teach students math procedures if you want them to solve equations. Instill a deep conceptual understanding of mathematics and get them thinking like mathematicians, and you've prepared your students to meet the challenges of the 21st century. That's a message presenters will send at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics conference, which will be […]
You think math and English have high standards? Try the arts. The National Core Arts Standardswere released in October. They update the initial standards released in 1994, which included instructional guidelines for dance, music, theater and visual arts. The new standards add media arts such as animation, film, gaming and computer design. They emphasize developing […]
Under a statewide program first funded in 2013, Vermont students can leave public high schools before their senior year to enroll full-time in college. They can then graduate from high school with a full year of college credits. While students don't pay tuition, they do have to pay for textbooks and fees. The program gives […]
With the national trend of institutional achievement being measured by the number of graduates who go on to the next level of college or career, Harrison School District Two (HSD2) has pioneered a program to improve student success. The partnership between the HSD2, Pikes Peak Community College, Pikes Peak Workforce Center and Discover Goodwill will […]
Ohio Department of Public Safety Director John Born helped create a statewide anonymous tip line for schools that allows students to identify potential threats, such as a student planning to bring a weapon to school. It is now used in more than 820 districts. The 24/7 tip line accepts calls or texts and is answered […]
Education advocacy group ASCD is calling for a two-year moratorium on using standardized test results for teacher or school evaluations. The move represents a growing push nationally to cut back on testing and limit its use as an accountability measure because it may not accurately reflect a teacher's classroom performance. "We're not saying Á¢†˜Don't test,' […]
For the 2007-08 school year, Deborah Cody, world language liaison for Pueblo City Schools in southern Colorado, was presented with a very good problem to solve. "We set up new 30-station computer labs in our high schools and middle schools, and needed programs students could work on in them," she says. Cody selected Rosetta Stone® […]
Last year, while administrators at Branford Public Schools in Connecticut were thinking of ways to encourage their students to read more, Superintendent Hamlet Hernandez came across the perfect solution. While attending a District Administration Leadership Institute Superintendents Summit, Hernandez watched a presentation about a reading platform called myON and its success in another district. myON […]
When the projectors throughout the Phoenix Union High School District were found to be outdated and inefficient in 2013, administrators knew they were due for an upgrade. "During a larger initiative to increase student engagement across the district, I noticed that the projectors we had were so old and were so dim that it was […]
Audio plays a crucial role in making collaborative student learning environments effective. Students need to be able to communicate with their teacher when necessary, and teachers should be able to hear what all students are saying during small group instruction. This web seminar, originally presented on April 2, 2014,featured educators from Andover USD 385 in […]
