K-12 Teachers

How Important is Play to Childhood Learning? Research Shows it’s Indispensable

edCircuit Opinion: When I was younger, I often would gather with my neighborhood friends, head into the backyard, and spend…

10 years ago

Why Professional Development Should Be Embraced in the Education Sector

The word sabbatical brings to mind connotations of higher education. It’s unheard of for K-12 teachers to take time a…

10 years ago

Kids Who Code: Why Schools Should Make Basic Coding Mandatory

Current lesson plans allow students to, memorize the subject matter instead of honing their computational thinking skills.

10 years ago

Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Power Of Inclusion, Research and Education

edCircuit Opinion The Scientific American article For Children With Autism, Multiple Languages May Be A Boon raises an important point…

10 years ago

“No More Pencils, No More Books”: Can Schools Afford To Keep Up With Technology?

edCircuit Opinion: Walk into any public school today and what do you see? Most likely groups of desks for students…

10 years ago

The Power of Play: Sedentary Classrooms Lead to Disinterested Students

edCircuit Opinion: My most memorable course in college was not because of its gripping content, but because of its length.…

10 years ago

Audio: VH1 Save the Music Foundation Impacts School Music Programs Nationwide Through Large Scale Instrument Donations

Henry Donohue, Executive Director of VH1's Save The Music Foundation, talks about the impact of musical instrument donations to our nation's…

10 years ago

The Realities of Time in Education

This post, COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION: The Working Definition, was originally published in SEEN Magazine and reprinted with Permission.  The advocacy for competency-based…

10 years ago

How Can Competency Based Learning Truly Impact Students?

This post, MARCHING TOWARDS COMPETENCY: Competency Based Learning: Instruction that Matches the Needs of Each Student, was originally published in SEEN Magazine…

10 years ago