Today nature is suffering accelerating losses so great that many scientists say a sixth mass extinction is underway. Unlike past mass extinctions, this event is driven by human actions that are dismantling and disrupting natural ecosystems and changing Earth’s climate.
Read MoreThat idea is championed by the current resident of the White House, although he has likely given it very little thought, very dangerously championed by the current Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, and most dangerously championed by the billionaires that more and more control all that happens in this country.
Read MoreA Practical Guide to Digital Research draws on Mercedes Schneider’s years of experience as an educational researcher to offer an easy-to-read, easy-to-digest, concise tutorial for equipping both novice and more experienced researchers in navigating numerous research sources. This powerful, practical text is built upon a foundation of actual examples from Schneider’s own research.
Read MoreSomething is rotten in the state of American political life. The U.S. (among other nations) is increasingly characterized by highly polarized, informationally insulated ideological communities occupying their own factual universes.
Read MoreUltimately, continuing down the current road to reading reform as if we just need to be more demanding of teachers and students in the crucial last mile is continuing to recognize the negative impact of poverty and inequity on children’s ability to read and teachers’ effectiveness in teaching reading.
Read MoreSteven Singer may be the wisest and most eloquent voice we have defending public education. His moral compass is unfailingly sound, and his sympathies always on the side of the marginalized and forgotten. His work has been a beacon of light for students and teachers.
Read MoreNew study demonstrates the benefits of developing new ideas about what knowledge and action are and how they relate to each other
Read MoreCorporate school reform breaks schools apart. While children in urban and rural areas are hurt, suburban schools face difficulties as well. Teachers watch as their schools change. They are stressed and often look for a way out. Yet their ideas are critical for good teaching to occur.
Read MoreTeen activists have historically tended to echo their parents’ views authentically, just with more energy and enthusiasm.
Read MoreTeaching is one of the most misunderstood interactions in the world. Some people see it as a mere transaction, a job: you do this, I’ll pay you that. The input is your salary. The output is learning. These are distinctly measurable phenomena. One is calculated in dollars and cents. The other in academic outcomes, usually standardized test scores. The higher the salary, the more valued the teacher. The higher the test scores, the better the job she has done. But that’s not all.
Read MoreRemote judgment is a misuse of timeless principles of assessment and evaluation. It dismisses trust as a core value in the teaching-learning relationship–are students going to trust the teacher who’s taking cues from an invisible wizard? It suggests that teachers can’t trust their own judgment. It ignores context–and context is everything in learning that sticks to brains.
Read MoreWinner of the George Orwell Award, given by the NCTE Public Language Awards Committee of the National Council of Teachers of English, and eLit Award Silver Medal in the education category.
Read MoreWhat if you knew of a single instructional strategy that research has shown improves decoding, fluency and reading comprehension? Would you use it? Of course, you say. And yet one of the most under used literacy strategies is such a well documented strategy: the strategy of rereading.
Read MoreIn the past few years, it has been common to see media reports such as these that highlight sensational incidents of political conflicts on American college campuses. But are headlines and anecdotal reports telling the real story?
Read MoreReaders will discover illustrated portraits of each featured inspirational woman, a historical account of their impact on society, interesting facts and important dates, and hundreds of illustrations by Ilu Ros. This book is truly an immersive reading experience.
Read MoreThey were Democratic Presidential candidates! And boy-oh-boy did they get sent packing with a ton of homework! Teachers, students, parents and community members from all over the country sat them down with instructions on how to improve the public education system. Kudos to the candidates for agreeing to listen.
Read MoreA Parent's Guide to Public Education in the 21st Century Book Discussion Guide is intended for discussion groups made up of parents, teachers, pre-service teaching candidates, school board members or anyone interested in the public schools and the children who attend them.
Read MoreSeparating fact from fiction is a vital skill for civic engagement, but students can be good fact-checkers only if they have a broader understanding of how news and information are produced and consumed in the digital age. Here are five questions students should be taught to ask.
Read MoreCentre partner in ambitious research to gain a deeper understanding of the relationship between humans and their environment in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Read MoreWith No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, and Common Core State Standards, some adults have been led to believe that four- and five-year-old children should read by the end of kindergarten. Preschoolers are pushed to be ready for formal reading instruction by the time they enter kindergarten.
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