Classroom

Suppose They Gave a Standardized Test and Nobody Came?

Amanda Krauss | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Standardized Testing, Elementary School Students, Parenting Advice, Classroom, Education News
Amanda Krauss

It is impossible for teachers to do their job in a system where their own assessments of students are inconsequential and their performance is judged on students' execution of questionable and secretly derived metrics.

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Why Our Children Should Be Taught to Meditate in School

Richard Schiffman | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Cell Phones, Public Schools, Concentration, Meditation, Mindfulness, Learning, Classroom, Education News
Richard Schiffman

"Pay attention!" we tell the young. Yet we fail to give them the tools that they need in our increasingly distraction-filled world to calm and center their minds and get down to the business of learning.

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Recess Helps African American, Latino Students Perform In Class, Study Says

Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: School Performance, School Recess, Recess, Recess Benefits, Classroom, Black Voices News

While the benefits of physical activity among children has given rise to little, if any, debate, the benefits of midday playtime has. On one end of th...

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#Top10 Hashtags That Your #Professors Should Search

Perry Binder | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: College Students, Social Media, Twitter, College, College News, College Humor, Teachers, College Success, Facebook, Students, Classroom, College News
Perry Binder

I actually don't mind when students are #textinginclass, but often wonder what I'm missing out on. My students are quick to point out how out of touch their professors are.

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Are Virtual Schools a Sham?

Anne L. Bryant | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Public Schools, Online Learning, Education, Virtual Schools, u.s. Department of Education, Public Education, Students, Classroom, Education News
Anne L. Bryant

We are hearing a lot about online learning and virtual schools, a field that is growing fast -- perhaps too fast. As educators we must be vigilant to distinguish between promising practices and flat-out corruption and greed.

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Cara Santa Maria

WATCH: Tennessee Passes Anti-Evolution Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Intelligent Design, Education, Video, Creationism, Talk Nerdy to Me, Tennessee, Scopes Trial, Anti-Evolution, Science, Cara Santa Maria, Evolution, Global Warming Denial, Legislation, Classroom, Science News

2012-03-21-Screenshot20120321at2.33.10PM.jpgMonday evening, a new bill was approved by the Tennessee Senate that will protect teachers who wish to promote "alternate" scientific theories. What does this mean for the students?

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Teaching Film in a High School Classroom

Caitlin Barry | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Tips, Media Literacy, Oscars, Education, Academy Awards, Teaching, Film, Movies, Classroom, Education News
Caitlin Barry

Being able to critically analyze visual information the way one would analyze text is a key skill in today's world. Teenagers are bombarded with visual stimuli and need to be able to pick it apart and ask questions of it.

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A Weapon of Distraction and Numbness: Fighting Computers in Classrooms

Ami Fields-Meyer | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Laptops, Technology, Computers, Classroom, Classroom-Learning, Classroom Technology, High School Learning, School Computers, Education News
Ami Fields-Meyer

Few of us have a strong-willed desire not to learn. The problem? The modern classroom -- an environment that requires us to be present -- is simply no longer conducive to being present.

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The Classroom Is Broken

Mike Silagadze | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Digital Classrooms, Classroom Technology, Digital Learning, Digital Teaching, Classroom, Mobile Technology, Interactive Learning, Active Learning, Education News
Mike Silagadze

If you brought a teacher back from 50 years ago and put her in a university classroom today she would be able to pick up exactly where she left off. The classroom experience has barely changed. This is a pretty sad state of affairs

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Why I Never Fail My Students

David J. Dunn, PhD | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Success, Failure, Higher Education, Teachers, Public Education, Teaching, Classroom, Education Reform, Education News
David J. Dunn, PhD

We worry that an "F" will harm students' self-esteem. But someone who is never confronted with her failures never learns to accept criticism.

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Wanted: Better Employees

Jeff Selingo | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Job Market, Job Market College Graduates, Unemployment, Skills, Jeff Selingo, College, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Classroom, College News
Jeff Selingo

Employer unhappiness with college graduates is nothing new. Still, with three million unfilled jobs in a bad economy, it stands to reason that some employers are having difficulty finding the right workers.

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Should African Americans Care about the Racial Composition of the Teacher Workforce?

Glenda L. Partee | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Education, Classroom Teachers, Teachers, Diversity, Classroom, Black Voices News
Glenda L. Partee

Our country faces a population shift that has major implications for the teacher workforce. The proportion of teachers of color is out of step with the increasing racial diversity of our public school students.

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Reading Scores and Wars: A New Solution

Pam Allyn | Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Public Schools, Children, Reading, Education, Raising Children, Early Childhood Education, Schools, Teaching, Education Reform, Classroom, Education News
Pam Allyn

The simplest solution and the key to stronger reading is to treat reading as practice. Teachers need to reduce the amount of time spent talking about the benefits of reading and allow students to sit down and read.

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Digital Kids and the Kahn Academy

John M. Eger | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Distance Learning, Science, Math, Education Reform, Technology, Online, Classroom, Civics, Education News
John M. Eger

Kids have "grown up digital" as author Don Tapscott would say. They have computers, and cell phones and video games, Facebook, and Twitter and who kno...

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Your Favorite School Books

Annemarie Dooling | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Kids Reading, Education, Twitter, School Books, College, Books, Community, Nostalgia, Reading, Reading in School, Classroom, Books News

Thinking about the bookshelves back at school brings up so many memories. The first time you stood by yourself at the library desk and handed over...

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Saving the Most Valuable Teaching Tool -- Teachers' Voices

Michael J. Pitman, M.D. | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Voice, Damage to Vocal Cords, Teachers, Health, Classroom, Back to School, Teacher Vocal Health, Vocal Cord Health, Personal Health, Vocal Health, Teachers Voices, Healthy Living News
Michael J. Pitman, M.D.

Another thing teachers should be focusing on, but often neglect, is their most valuable teaching tool -- their voice.

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iPads and Social Media in the Classroom?

Candy Spelling | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Social Media, Ipads, Technology, Blogging, Communication, Texting, Classroom, Classroom Technology, Ipad Classrooms, Class Technology, Education News
Candy Spelling

While I understand the real-time digital stream may create a safe harbor for students uncomfortable expressing themselves, it seems to me students are missing valuable lessons in real-life social skills.

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What Does "Student-Centered" Learning Really Mean?

William Astore | Posted 11.04.2011

Read More: Education Technology, Education, Socrates, Higher Education, Teachers, Public Education, Teaching, Students, Learning, Classroom Technology, Classroom, Ethics, Character Development, Education News
William Astore

As a society, we talk about the importance of leaders in all walks of life, but when it comes to our classrooms, many of us seem to want to empower the followers while executing the sages when the former do poorly on standardized tests.

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Rethinking Human Capital in Technology-Based Education

Nick Ehrmann | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Online Learning, Education, Teachers, Human Capital, Technology, Classroom, Education News
Nick Ehrmann

As a former teacher whose row of shiny computers sat idle at the back of the room for the year, I would like to see tech evangelists grapple as much with behavioral economics as with the gadgetry behind the next big product.

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Do We Treat History Like a Dead Language?

Adora Svitak | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Young People, Deathly Hallows, Adora, Premiere, Social Studies, Youth, Current Events, Civics, Naep, Nation's Report Card, Students, Report Card, Classroom, Debt Ceiling, Politics News, Youth and Current Events, Adorasvitak, History, Education, Adora Svitak, Teachers, Harry Potter, Boehner, Education News
Adora Svitak

History is made every day. The challenge is getting everyone to pay attention to it.

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Physics Teacher Brings Angry Birds Game To Classroom

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Education, Physics, Angry Birds, Georgia, Atlanta, Learning, Classroom, John Burk, Education News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By: Denise Tejada Using a slingshot and a...

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A Different Perspective: A Teacher Leaves The Classroom For Afghanistan

NPR | Tom Bowman | Posted 09.08.2011

Read More: History, US Military, Military, History Teacher, War in Afghanistan, High School History Teacher, Teachers in Military, High School, Teacher, Classroom, Education News

A very small number of Americans are now serving in the military -- less than 1 percent. Some are looking for direction; others are inspired by a sens...

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Forget Lectures: Video Games The Lessons Of The Future?

Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Math, Video Games Classroom, Michael Gove, Teaching-Video-Games, Science and Math, Video Games and Children, Science, Teaching, Technology, Video Games, Classroom, Technology Classroom, Education News

From bringing digital textbooks to the classroom to requiring keyboard skills in lieu of cursive writing, schools are taking teaching in the digital e...

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Get Back in the Classroom! Now!

Shaun Johnson | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Education Reform, Teaching, Education Policy, Teacher Education, Classroom, Education News
Shaun Johnson

What really infuriates me is that many of the decision-makers in education never taught. Some make claims that they've been in many classrooms -- in the back and taking notes.

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Design Thinking for Education: What if?

Max Benavidez | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Collaborative, Creating the Future, Design Thinking, K-12, Educational Reform, Transformation, Social Alchemy, Framework, Imagination, Crisis in Education, Tedxsfed, Learning, Classroom, Video Game Design, Education Reform, Education News
Max Benavidez

Design Thinking for Educators brings design thinking into the educational realm, and takes educators through the phases of the design process.

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