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K 12 Education

For Math Education to Profit, Look to the Nonprofits

Andrew R. Coulson | Posted 05.06.2013 | Impact
Andrew R. Coulson

The leaders achieving radically higher educational goals are mission-driven, not-for-profit organizations. Nonprofits, almost by definition, need support beyond current market forces. Visionary and savvy business social investments, though relatively small change to billion-dollar businesses, can be and should be vital support for continuous invention and prove-out.

The Common Core Standards: Truths, Untruths and Ambiguities

Patte Barth | Posted 04.25.2013 | College
Patte Barth

Educators in 46 states and DC are deep in the process of implementing new "common core" standards into their classrooms. But an emerging anti-core backlash may render their efforts moot in several states.

Can Massive Open Online Courses Make Up for an Outdated K-12 Education System?

Dr. Keith Devlin | Posted 03.27.2013 | College
Dr. Keith Devlin

Other than standard high school mathematics, the only real prerequisite for my course is knowing how to learn. That ability is, as Sir Ken and many others have observed, the one thing above all that schools should be developing in their students.

Innovating K-12 Education for the New Economy

Peter Hutton | Posted 05.06.2013 | Impact
Peter Hutton

While STEM is important, we must take it a step further by shifting to STEAM - incorporating art and design into the curriculum. Education should provide students with opportunities to experience topics like science and technology, rather than simply learn about them.

Schools Unite to Support a Plastic Bag Ban, Fee or Tax in NYC

Veronique Pittman | Posted 04.13.2013 | Green
Veronique Pittman

Inspired to take action by the successes of large cities and many towns in NY in passing ordinances to ban or impose fees on single use plastic bags, K-12 schools are launching a campaign to pressure the City Council to consider the issue more seriously.

Hey, Teacher Trainers: Get a Geek!

Caleb Clark | Posted 04.08.2013 | College
Caleb Clark

You need teachers who know how to direct your passion for technology and media from consumption to literacy. You need teachers who think, "Projector, the cloud, the Web? No brainer!"

Why American Students Are Trailing in Computer Science

Kiki Prottsman | Posted 03.04.2013 | Home
Kiki Prottsman

Computational thinking gives students the skills required to solve problems even when they have never explicitly been taught the answers. It encourages them to think of things in creative ways. Don't those skills seem fundamental to a successful adult?

My Queer Wish List for 2013: 10 Out-of-the-Spotlight Hopes for the New Year

Josh A. Goodman | Posted 02.26.2013 | Gay Voices
Josh A. Goodman

As 2012 comes to a close, there is a lot to be thankful for in the LGBT world. But there are plenty of other important issues that receive less attention. Here's my out-of-the-spotlight queer wish list for the New Year.

The Rigor of Creativity

Thomas Fisher | Posted 02.13.2013 | TED Weekends
Thomas Fisher

Creativity involves the intentional, systematic, and rigorous miscombination of what we know in order to generate something new. Because having too many variables makes the process hard to control, most creative people frequently change just one or two aspects of something.

Microsoft Empowers Children Worldwide, Inspires 1 Million Facebook Likes

Kerry O'Shea Gorgone | Posted 01.20.2013 | Home
Kerry O'Shea Gorgone

Lifelong learning is the overarching goal of the program. By equipping students to fully participate in the digital economy, Shape the Future will improve their lifetime earning potential, thereby boosting the economic outlook of entire nations.

No Budget Cuts!

Posted 11.14.2012 | Denver

Colorado's Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper today is presenting lawmakers with a budget that does not include any major spending cuts for the fir...

The Keystone Habit That Will Reignite American Education

Robert Sun | Posted 01.09.2013 | Home
Robert Sun

Help children to excel in math and their perception of school can be improved. What's more, their view of themselves, their abilities, and their very potential to learn, can all be transformed.

Texting, TV and Tech Trashing Children's Attention Spans

Ellen Galinsky | Posted 01.05.2013 | Parents
Ellen Galinsky

Although teachers see a number of advantages in young people's heavy use of digital media (especially in their ability to find information quickly and efficiently), it is the potentially harmful effects that have families, educators and policy makers worried.

Study: Public School Employment Far Outpacing K-12 Enrollment

Posted 10.24.2012 | Home

Mitt Romney's recent remarks that knocked President Barack Obama for proposing more money to hire teachers was partially embedded in a longstanding be...

The Global Search For Education: The Education Debate 2012 - Richard Wilson Riley

C. M. Rubin | Posted 12.09.2012 | Home
C. M. Rubin

The last presidential debate offered little in the way of focus on education and related policy. Today in The Global Search for Education series, I continue my conversations with education luminaries to discuss the issues that we believe will be a priority for the next President of the United States.

Justin Snider: Thinking We Know What We Test

| Justin Snider | Posted 10.23.2012 | Home

This piece comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report. An op-ed in The New York Times on August 20th, "Testing What We Think We Know," argued tha...

How Private-Public Collaboration Can Improve U.S. Education

Posted 08.20.2012 | Home

As states faced large budget cuts in recent years, forcing teacher layoffs and program freezes in the education arena, schools have had to to look to ...

Solution-Driven Unionism

Randi Weingarten | Posted 08.17.2012 | Home
Randi Weingarten

Education wars -- two words that should never be strung together -- are far too common in the United States. The primary casualties of such conflicts, as well as of mounting education cuts and misguided "reforms," are our students.

No Child Left Behind: Not Dead Yet

stateline | Ben Wieder | Posted 10.14.2012 | Home

This piece comes to us courtesy of Stateline. Stateline is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news service of the Pew Center on the States that provides daily r...

Private Firms Eyeing Profits From U.S. Public Schools

Reuters | Posted 10.02.2012 | Home

By Stephanie Simon NEW YORK, Aug 1 (Reuters) - The investors gathered in a tony private club in Manhattan were eager to hear about the...

Learning Digitally: The Case for Mobile Learning

Suren Ramasubbu | Posted 08.21.2012 | Home
Suren Ramasubbu

Mobile devices are already a regular part of most students' lives -- it's time to make education a part of that, instead of apart from it.

Beyond the Textbook

Lisa Petrides | Posted 08.12.2012 | Home
Lisa Petrides

Probably none of us have gone through high school or college without some relationship to that 20th century artifact of learning called the textbook. Today's students are not experiencing the same thing.

Third Graders Help Their School Win Green Cup Recycle Challenge

Veronique Pittman | Posted 07.16.2012 | Home
Veronique Pittman

Winning the Recycle Challenge was a source of pride for the children, which showed them that the work they do every week pays off.

More Wealthy Parents Seeking Help Paying For Grade School

The Huffington Post | Emily Cohn | Posted 05.09.2012 | Home

Move over college students -- you're not the only ones seeking financial aid to pay for tuition. More parents are applying for loans and other hel...

Where the Jobs Are: STEM Fields

Linda Rosen | Posted 07.03.2012 | Home
Linda Rosen

We must give America's youth a solid foundation in STEM and insight into their rich postsecondary and career options. The demand for STEM skills extends well beyond STEM-specific jobs.