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posted by: Jill
| December 01, 2010, 05:26 pm
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Winners for the fall AAEF Teacher Scholarship and Classroom Grants competition have been announced.
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posted by: Alix
| November 29, 2010, 12:00 am
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Department of Education Releases New Technology Plan
The Department of Education released a new national education technology plan through their Office of Educational Technology entitled, Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology. The report comes on the heels of some major breakthroughs relating to technology in education.
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posted by: Alix
| November 30, 2010, 11:21 am
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A few years ago, class size seemed to be one of the most talked about classroom policies. Smaller class sizes would lessen the load on an educator and give students a more individualized classroom experience, right? Well, just as fast as class sizes went down, they are now creeping back up and gaining attention in certain states struggling with budget shortfalls.
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posted by: Alix
| November 29, 2010, 01:51 pm
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What can we learn from some of the most innovative school systems around the world? This is the question a new McKinsey & Company report asks in their researched narrative, How the world's most improved school systems keep getting better. In the report released today, education experts from Canada, Hong Kong, and South Africa discussed on an interactive online panel their different successes and what makes their school systems competitive in the global market.
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posted by: Jill
| November 24, 2010, 10:48 am
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This week marks the beginning of the holiday festivities. For me, it used to mean the end of trimester one and the beginning of my fall break (I worked at a year-round school).
To end the trimester, I would often write a letter to each class. After reading the letter together, I asked them to respond by answering some questions which I had written down.
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