School principals juggle a multitude of responsibilities each day, as they attempt to balance building-level tasks with administrative and district-level duties. Now, school leaders have access to a…
Social media has unlimited uses in education, from helping students connect and collaborate to offering educators a place to share ideas, solve problems, and identify promising practices. Twitter…
In education, it’s easy to get data from one school, district or even state. But national data, encompassing most teachers in the U.S., is no easy feat, and…
My Parisian mother was a teacher for a year as a favor to my private school when their French teacher unexpectedly quit one summer. “Sure, I could teach,”…
As states and educators implement the Common Core State Standards or revamp their own standards to be more rigorous and to prepare students for college and the workforce,…
While the education field’s acceptance of learning styles is helping students receive more options for learning, students are often lumped into one category without any explanation of why…
Flipped learning has been on education’s radar for the last two years, with many schools experimenting with a teaching and learning style well-suited for 21st Century learning. But…
According to a new report, there are basic questions postsecondary data, with access to college and university data, need to be able to answer—not only for higher-ed institutions,…
When it comes to student learning, many stakeholders focus on important learning supports, such as classroom technology, reliable high-speed internet access in schools, and educators who use technology…
In the midst of our country’s slow climb to economic recovery, there’s been an outpouring of support from communities to teach today’s students the one subject that could…
A new survey reveals that most states cannot answer the most basic questions about early childhood care and education, including whether young children up to age 5 are…
From lists to websites specifically devoted to app lists, and from using apps for school staff management to teaching eager students how to code, education is one of…
Teacher quality has been a hot, if polarizing, topic in education recently, with many states making what some perceive to be progressive steps in teacher policy. One new…
A new report is shedding light on what the nation might not know but teachers have known for a while: Time spent on testing depends on district requirements…
Would you buy a car without knowing how well it could perform on the road? No? The same principle applies to purchasing mobile apps for the classroom, argue…
What is the last time you memorized something? do you still retain it in your memory or has it faded away? Memorization, though severely undermined in progressivists works,…
While I spend my professional time now as a career success coach, writer, and leadership trainer, I was a marriage and family therapist in my past, and worked…
It’s no surprise that schools across the country are gearing up for implementation of Common Core, with many teachers and school principals fully aware of what the standards…