Photo Credit: Jeremy MikkolaThe Associated PressBOSTON – It took a 15-year-old high school student from Virginia to catch a math error at Boston’s venerable Museum of Science.Read the rest of the story at CBS News.
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Photo Credit: Jeremy MikkolaThe Associated PressBOSTON – It took a 15-year-old high school student from Virginia to catch a math error at Boston’s venerable Museum of Science.Read the rest of the story at CBS News.
Photo Credit: Chris Moncusby Kate N. GrossmanChicago has seen a double-digit increase in the percentage of kids graduating from high school. Skeptics say educators and kids are manipulating the numbers—but does that even matter?Read the rest of the story at The Atlantic.
Andy Newell, Managing Director at IRIS Connect, joined Dr. Berger to discuss the company’s new offices, expansion in the U.S. and how they help teachers take control of their own development. IRIS Connect has a long history of integrating technology into schools and districts helping to facilitate professional growth and most importantly through trust and teacher-controlled mechanisms. Using IRIS Connect, one can record lessons using easy to use video technology, reflect on their videos privately, share with colleagues, and collaborate with the IRIS Connect global community of teachers, any time anywhere.By enabling PD experiences at every stage of the Joyce and Showers framework IRIS Connect enables the personalized, contextualized interactions shown to make a real difference to teaching and learning. Learn more below:A Giant Leap for Teacher Collaboration
by Lauren CameraAfter weeks of letting it languish in the legislative queue, the U.S. Senate this week is slated to begin debating a proposed bipartisan overhaul of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act—the first such Senate debate since 2001, when Congress last updated the law in its current iteration, the No Child Left Behind Act.Read the rest of the story at Education Week.
Photo Credit: Claude Truong-Ngocby The Associated PressNobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai wants world leaders to spend more money, on top of their earlier promises, to secure 12 years of free primary and secondary education for all children across the world.Read the rest of the story at ABC News.
Photo Credit: VOAby Alan BlinderAnonymous donors have given more than $3 million to establish a scholarship fund for people affiliated with the church in Charleston, S.C., where nine people were killed last month, city officials said on Thursday.Read the rest of the story at The NY Times.
