Measuring Choices Through the Standards of Love – insights into how we must measure our choices by the standards of love for courage, honesty, and kindness.
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Measuring Choices Through the Standards of Love – insights into how we must measure our choices by the standards of love for courage, honesty, and kindness.
Discover how hybrid logistics transforms education with adaptive scheduling, digital workflow, and personalized learning to address inequity in schools.
There is no question that the nation needs a larger, better trained and more diverse group of teachers. But having all the teachers we need can’t “fix” learning and believing that it can largely ignores what science research tells us about student outcomes.
Many books are designed to help students score better on a cognitive gifted tests. Many have concerns about test prep for cognitive testing.
In the early 2010s, Google launched its file-sharing program for teachers, Reminder launched an app that allowed teachers to message students and Kahoot safely!
In this episode, Kyair Butts, a two-time Teacher of the Year from Baltimore City Public Schools, discusses his one big idea of Small Group Wednesdays.
In this episode, Tom Sherrington and Emma Turner welcome best-selling author, award-winning blogger, and international speaker Tom Bennett.
As a candidate for an open teaching position, the demo lesson is a vital opportunity to showcase your teaching style and expertise. It’s your time to shine by showing how great you are in the classroom
Mass school shootings never stopped during the pandemic. Despite the fact that most schools were closed to in-person learning, school shootings continued to take place.
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. Herczog talks about the importance of this subject area, the latest NAEP results in social studies, and the C3 Framework for Social Studies Standards.
by Jennifer GreenOver the last two weeks, teachers in Baltimore have worked tirelessly to support their students, their schools and their community. I have two words for them: thank you.Ashley Smith, a fourth grade teacher at Lakeland Elementary/Middle School in Southwest Baltimore, used her classroom as a safe harbor where her students could openly express their reactions to the Baltimore riots through their writing. “I knew the students would be coming into class… with a lot of questions about what had taken place,” she told ABC News. Ashley relied on her skills as an educator to encourage an open, healthy dialogue among her students. She not only gave them a space to share their feelings by writing essays, but also established an open communication channel between peers. It was through this channel that her students’ discussed the power of peaceful protests and the tragedies that often result from violent uprisings.Read the rest of the story on the Huffington Post.
Last week’s events in Baltimore did not start the race discussions and teachable moments for the students and faculty at Washington Latin PCS in Washington, D.C., they continued them. The community, lead by Head of School Martha Cutts, has been facing the issue of race head on using its “classical education for the modern world” as its foundation.
by Leila Meyer
N ationally, eighth graders’ average scores on the NAEP U.S. history, geography, and civics assessments showed no significant change in 2014, compared to 2010—the last assessment year. However, several student groups have made gains. In 2014, eighteen percent of eighth-graders performed at or above the Proficient level in U.S. history, 27 percent performed at or above the Proficient level in geography, and 23 percent performed at or above the Proficient level in civics. Students performing at or above the Proficient level on NAEP assessments demonstrate solid academic performance and competency over challenging subject matter. See the results at The Nation’s Report Card.
by Elissa Nadworny
by Mike Anderson
D r. Jenny Rankin illustrates why data used with high-stakes consequences should always be made “over-the-counter” (embedding guidance for users) to best ensure the data is understood, analyzed appropriately, and used effectively. Look for an upcoming op-ed from Dr. Rankin on edCircuit.
