Parents need to do more to teach children basic skills before school, WA Education Minister says

ABC.NET - Rebecca Carmody "West Australian Education Minister Peter Collier [...]

March 20th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Australia, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, School, School Accountability, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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Rating schools by students’ social-emotional skills worth trying, evaluator says

Ed Source - John Fensterwald "A Harvard University professor who [...]

March 19th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Emotional Literacy, Empathy, Learning, News, School, School Accountability, School District, Social Skills, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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U.S. Department of Education Announces Competition for Schools to Create the Best Makerspaces

Education World - Nicole Gorman "The Department of Education is [...]

March 18th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Maker Movement, News, School, School Accountability, School District, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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The Wallace Foundation is Handing Out $47 Million to Make Principals Better at their Jobs. Here’s Why

The 74 Million - Mark Keierleber "All the chatter about [...]

March 17th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Principal, School, School Accountability, School culture, School District, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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California’s largest district faces fiscal uncertainty despite infusion of state funds

Ed Source - Michael Janofsky "After a year of dire [...]

March 16th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, Los Angeles, News, School, School Accountability, School District, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Getting a Grasp on One of the Most Critical — and Least Studied — Decisions in Education: Teacher Hiring

The 74 Million - Kathy Moore "For every teacher who [...]

March 8th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, School, School Accountability, School District, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Training, Teaching, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Blending Learning From the Top Down or the Ground Up?

Education Next - Julia Freeland Fisher "As more states gear [...]

March 6th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, School, School Accountability, School District, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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How Teaching Spatial Skills Could Be Part of a School’s Strategic Plan

KQED News Mind/Shift - Deborah Farmer Kris "Spatial skills don’t [...]

February 23rd, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, School, School Accountability, Spatial learning, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Report: State must adopt guidelines for parent engagement in schools

Ed Source - Louis Freedberg "California has established parent involvement [...]

February 23rd, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, California, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, School, School Accountability, School District, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Will California use chronic absenteeism as a new metric of school success?

ED Source - Jane Meredith Adams "Now that the California [...]

February 22nd, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Attendance, California, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Learning, News, School, School Accountability, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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