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First lady announces new website to help students exercise
Imagine students learning their ABCs while dancing, or memorizing multiplication tables while doing jumping jacks.…
New report shows how to cultivate great principals
An effective school requires an effective leader, but great principals rarely just happen, says the Wallace Foundation: They are cultivated. Now, a new report from the foundation offers advice on…
Follett Challenge showcases how schools are integrating 21st-century skills into instruction
More than 100 educators recently took Follett Software’s challenge to create and submit a video showing how they incorporate 21st-century skills such as critical thinking into the curriculum, and now…
Summit explores the benefits of social-emotional learning
Last month at Columbia University Teachers College, researchers, school counselors, educators, and others gathered for a summit called “Beyond Bullying: Safe Schools, Successful Students.”…
Digital Learning Now! releases guide to blended learning
Just in time for Digital Learning Day, Digital Learning Now! (DLN) today released the fifth DLN Smart Series interactive paper with co-authors from Getting Smart and the Learning Accelerator. “Blended…
Website helps teachers, kids with evolutionary theory
When Len Eisenberg walks into a classroom to give a presentation, he likes to tell students that a dog is their 27-millionth cousin.…
New website unpacks the Common Core standards for educators, parents
Scholastic has launched a new website, “Common Sense for the Common Core,” that aims to help teachers, school leaders, and parents understand the standards, and provides instructional programs to implement…
How to build a Professional Learning Network
Professional Learning Networks give users instant access to thousands of their peers who can answer questions and share ideas—and now a free online course shows educators how they can create…
New guidance helps school leaders implement Common Core standards
A new series of action briefs from the nonprofit, nonpartisan group Achieve Inc. is intended to help elementary school principals, secondary school principals, and school counselors implement the Common Core…
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…