Technology can help states meet learning, leadership goals
Every Friday, I’ll be bringing you a recap of some of the most interesting and thought-provoking news developments that occurred over the week. I can’t fit all of…
literacy
School Specialty unveils intervention program for low-level readers
According to the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress – the Nation’s Report Card – only about 35 percent of U.S. fourth and eighth graders perform at the…
Closing the 30 million word gap
To cancel the effects of poverty, school systems are extending literacy programs to the larger community
Utah’s early literacy program works–here’s why
A statewide kindergarten readiness initiative in Utah is helping children develop early literacy skills before they enter kindergarten, and is doing so at a higher rate than among…
7 ways data collection is improving STEM education
One district is getting students more active and analytical with data-collection tools, like probeware Today’s students, being technology natives, expect ... Read more
More than half of students struggle with reading, report says
Nearly half of minority students and students from low-income families enter the fifth grade without basic reading skills, according to a new report urging Congress to focus on…
How digital learning is becoming the fourth literacy
Reading. Writing. Math. Those are the big ones, right? Up until recently, a lot of people would have probably said that was correct, Edudemic reports.
$4,400 awards for summer seminars and institutes
Each year the National Endowment for the Humanities' Division of Education Programs offers teachers opportunities to study humanities topics in a number of summer seminars and institutes. Seminar…