Economics&Strategies, Education Strategies
May 6, 2020
Via: Education DiveCurriculum designers must create lessons that support all students and address learning needs that differ among a school, classroom or community. That’s without a doubt a challenge: One child, for example, may be an auditory learner while another is more […]
Economics&Strategies, Education Strategies
January 24, 2020
Via: Education DiveMicrocredential PD programs are gaining popularity as more districts implement them for teachers to select, learn and demonstrate their strengths and skills. While not a substitute for more robust professional learning, these programs can be tailored to any aspect of […]
Education Tech, Educational Stages, Secondary Education
January 7, 2020
Via: Education DiveAs the U.S. enters another presidential election year, 14 states have “some media-literacy language on the books,” according to a new report detailing legislative efforts to integrate media literacy instruction into curriculum. But “action is too slow compared to the […]
Economics&Strategies, Education Strategies
January 6, 2020
Via: Education DiveInstructional leadership is the idea that principals and administrators should shift away from their managerial roles toward leadership that focuses on building a community of learners, in turn sharing those managerial responsibilities with others. Principals should be visible and accessible, […]
Economics&Strategies, Education Economics, Educational Stages, Higher Education
July 6, 2018
Via: Education DiveGrade inflation in higher education has become an issue in the U.S. over about the last 50 years. One 2017 report proposing solutions to the problem noted that despite the impression that college students have heavy work loads, researchers found […]
Education Tech, Educational Stages, Higher Education
June 8, 2018
Via: Education DiveTen other universities are offering co-curricular skills development opportunities for their students through a pilot program with Coursera based on the Duke model, which one student leader said eliminates the “false dilemma that students face between taking classes you ‘want’ […]
October 10, 2016
Via: The Chronicle of Higher EducationThe fact that enrollments in traditional music, dance, and theater performance degrees have stagnated and job prospects have become dim is undisputed. It’s a simple supply-and-demand problem — with the steady decline of full-time performance-based arts careers, there already are […]
October 5, 2016
Via: MindShiftClassrooms in the U.S. often focus most attention on literacy and math, largely because those skills are considered foundational and are tested. However most people will also need to communicate their thoughts and ideas to other people through oral language, […]
Editorial, Education Strategies
August 9, 2016
Via: Kelly RedmondSEL, or Social Emotional Learning backs up over two decades of specific research and tries to implement organic, but pre-planned Emotional Intelligence training in schools. Such programs aim at improving the students’ Emotional Quota (EQ) rates, and at contributing to […]
Editorial, Education Strategies
April 11, 2016
Via: Kelly RedmondAny teacher is most likely aware that often students ask themselves “What good is absorbing all this information for?” when contemplating the year ahead of them. The curriculum debate is continuously on, in search of the perfect formula that would […]