Student access to relevant information and news continues to expand with technology advancements. I had the opportunity to interview Matthew Gross, CEO and co-founder, of Newsela. The Newsela team brings students current events and news aligning with current standards expected in today’s classroom.
edCircuit conducts a Skype interview with Michelle Herczog, president of the National Council for the Social Studies. Â Herczog talks about the importance of this subject area, the latest NAEP results in social studies, and the C3 Framework for Social Studies Standards.Â
by Issie LapowskiSO YOU’RE A parent, thinking about sending your 7-year-old to this rogue startup of a school you heard about from your friend’s neighbor’s sister. It’s prospective parent information day, and you make the trek to San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood. You walk up to the second floor of the school, file into a glass-walled conference room overlooking a classroom, and take a seat alongside dozens of other parents who, like you, feel that public schools—with their endless bubble-filled tests, 38-kid classrooms, and antiquated approach to learning—just aren’t cutting it.At the same time, you’re thinking: this school is kind of weird.Read the rest of the story at Wired.
by Robert Morris
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edCicruit sits down with Lynn Walker from MyON to discuss their digital literacy reading programs that are being used around the world.