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Tips for understanding copyright rules
With headlines about tough copyright rulings fresh in their minds, educators across the nation might hesitate when it comes to using copyrighted material in their lessons or sharing copyrighted works…
What English classes should look like in Common Core era
The recent controversy over how much fiction and non-fiction high school students are supposed to read under the Common Core State Standards begged the question of where the 70 percent…
How mainstream video games are being used as teaching tools
People who worried that the technology boom would lead to kids playing video games in class were right: In schools around the country, students are playing such games as "Minecraft,"…
Schools embrace graphic novels as learning tool
Once aimed at helping struggling readers, English language learners, and disabled students, graphic novels are moving into honors and college-level Advanced Placement classrooms and attracting students at all levels.…
Encourage greater interaction and engagement with classroom management software
NetSupport School is a classroom management software program that gives teachers the ability to instruct and visually or audibly monitor, as well as interact with, their students—either individually, as a…
Teaching compassion: Education and volunteerism around the world
While many people believe that kids these days are lazy and self-obsessed, there is reason to believe that they are becoming increasingly empathetic and altruistic, the Huffington Post reports.…
Digital Wish: More than just ed-tech fundraising
You might be familiar with the nonprofit service Digital Wish as a source for ed-tech fundraising—but the site has become much more than a way to connect educators with potential…
Words school wants banned
Spoiler alert: This story contains words and phrases that some people want to ban from the English language. "Spoiler alert" is among them. So are "kick the can down the…
Is homework worth the time?
A recent study led by an Indiana University professor found that traditional homework assignments won't improve a student's grades but could boost standardized test scores. With many students reporting they…
Maine schools experimenting with web-based math homework
Middle school math classes have worked in much the same way for decades, the Bangor Daily News reports. Teachers send students home with a textbook and a set of problems.…