Empathy Helps Children to Understand Sarcasm
Originally Published at Science Daily October 8, 2013 | Study
The Empty Desk: A Story of Classroom Community
So often we bat about statistics. Are children learning? Does testing tell us what their future will hold? Are Teachers doing their jobs based on evaluations? Is poverty a problem and if it is, what do we do about it. Ultimately, the answer is in an adult [...]
Selling SEL: An Interview with Daniel Goleman
Originally Published at Edutopia Cognizant of the veracity that each of us learns by various means and that at times, we may prefer to gain knowledge by wading through the weight of words we present the transcript. Daniel Goleman: What we’re calling today social and emotional learning [...]
Bringing Education Back to Democracy
It began with an innocent interview. The thought to bring education back to democracy or democracy back to education was expressed brilliantly by an Artist. Out of the mouth of a master an old idea was born again. Wynton Marsalis reminds us of the danger of cuts [...]
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The Central Issue at the Heart of America’s Growing Education Gap GalleryThe Central Issue at the Heart of America’s Growing Education Gap
Achievement, Developmentally Differentiated Education, Editorial, Equality/Equity, Multiple Intelligences, Poverty, Racial Socioeconomic Relations, Social Emotional Learning
The Central Issue at the Heart of America’s Growing Education Gap
Photo Credit: aastock | Shutterstock.com By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at AlterNet. | October 3, 2013 It's time for some new thinking about how to address the persistent inequalities that plague our education system. As the evidence mounts discrediting much of the movement for [...]
Public Opinion Shifting on Using Tests Scores to Evaluate Teachers
Photograph; Nikki Hudson, left, the academic coordinator at Lida Hooe Elementary School in Dallas, compares notes with Principal Linda Saenz during a principal-evaluation session. | Mark Graham for Education Week By Hannah Madans, Deputy Editor | Originally Published at Neon Tommy. Annenberg Digital New. October 2, 2013 [...]
George W. Bush’s Education Law, No Child Left Behind Abandoned By Texas
Read the headline George W. Bush's Education Law, No Child Left Behind Abandoned By Texas Might any us wish to write our own ironic statement? The iconic former Governor of Texas, George W. Bush, or perhaps more accurately, his iconic legislation, No Child Left Behind, has been [...]
Students and Their Schooling: Does Happiness Matter
By Scott Huebner | Originally Published at The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) Volume 39, Issue 2 October 2010 With the increased emphasis on measuring school success primarily through academic outcomes, some might argue that school professionals cannot afford to pay much attention to students’ well-being, [...]
SAT Results For 2013 Show Low Rates of College Preparedness
Perhaps the story behind the story is what do the results of the Scholastic Assessment Test or any test mean? The history of the name might shed some light. What was originally the "Scholastic Aptitude Test" morphed into its newer role, a standardized means to score college [...]