A study from the Fordham Institute says while traditional public schools and charter schools serve the same proportion of black students, charters have 35 percent more black teachers.
As executive vice president and superintendent of schools for ACCEL Schools, I’ve had the challenge and opportunity of guiding nine historically underperforming schools — a portfolio we’ve dubbed our “turnaround schools” — as they re-envisioned how they serve their students and not only got back on track, but in some cases became top performers in […]
Ready for a coding picture book? Introducing coding principles to students can be an intimidating task when you don’t feel like a whiz at computer science.
Doing a disservice to the city’s most vulnerable students, Mayor Bill de Blasio is forcing principals to take the dregs of the system’s employees.
Brain-based learning expert Marilee Sprenger shares 13 rehearsal and retrieval practices that can help make learning stick. (Re-reading isn't one of them.)
Big news has hit us today about brain morphology and screen time and I want to weigh in as we all try to make sense of the findings.
There are more than 711,000 books—and counting—in Bookshare, a digital reading platform for people with reading barriers including dyslexia, blindness ...
A new game developed by Carnegie Mellon University students is helping elementary schoolers understand what life is like for kids on the autism spectrum.…
Ready to get started with sketchnoting apps? This list of 5 fantastic apps will help your students take sketchnoting to the next level anytime of year!
Are you ready for Hour of Code? Check out Hour of Code webinars dedicated to helping students understand the power of computer science.
Lead Change is a leadership media destination with a unique editorial focus on driving change within organizations, teams, and individuals. Lead Change, a division of Weaving Influence, publishes twice monthly with SmartBrief. Today’s post is by Nate Regier I have three daughters: Two teenagers, three with cell phones, three driving and two with boyfriends. I […]
Findings 'consistent with imitation effect,' but cannot show causality
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Australia can follow the lead of other countries as it seeks to find an alternative to NAPLAN.
Califon is not the first district in Hunterdon County to face low enrollment issues, for their small school.
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The report includes a host of major recommendations for Jackson Public Schools, among them establishing a plan to recruit and retain teachers and much more.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In the days after a teenager shot and killed three fellow students at Ohio's Chardon High School in 2012, then-Principal Andy Fetchik remembers getting a call from someone who knew just what he was experiencing.
iPads, 3-D printers, and an animation studio are just a few of the technology tools the Wilder School District has implemented into its curriculum.
