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posted by: Steph
| July 20, 2010, 09:04 am
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Some libraries across the nation are making changes that make a big difference, reports EdWeek.org. Bookmarks, a branch of the Dallas public library, is reintroducing the community to the public library in a unique setting–in an upscale Dallas shopping mall. Continue Reading... |
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posted by: Steph
| July 14, 2010, 11:39 am
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Studies released recently have confirmed three basic facts about students that millions of common sense parents and teachers already knew: Continue Reading... |
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posted by: Steph
| July 12, 2010, 01:08 pm
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At their annual convention held earlier this month, the National Education Association heard a series of new business items (NBIs) that display their distaste for the charter movement:
NBI 91, which failed to pass after debate, sought to start a counter-campaign to a number of documentaries about education reform and charters that will be playing in theaters across the country this year Continue Reading...
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posted by: Steph
| July 06, 2010, 11:37 am
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Articles have peppered newspapers and blogs about the dangers of social networking sites to professionals, and particularly to teachers. In 2007, The Columbus Dispatch highlighted three teachers’ racy comments on MySpace. In 2008, The Washington Post took on the issue pointing to the dangers of leaving one’s Facebook profile open to “friends of friends.” Continue Reading...
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posted by: Steph
| June 30, 2010, 08:50 am
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This month the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) released results of an ongoing study of 22 of its 82 schools done by Mathmatica Policy Research, Inc. The study examines student characteristics and achievement in the 22 schools as was designed to estimate KIPP’s effect on students. Continue Reading...
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