A growing number of states make American Indian history and culture a formal part of what all students should learn.
November 4, 2008
Just as the candidates have learned to use novel technology tools to reach young people during this year’s presidential campaign, teachers are turning to electronic resources to capture students’ interest in the election.
October 7, 2008
The Discovery Educator Network offers hundreds of webinars, blogs, meetings, and workshops to help explain and show how various devices and applications work and ways to adapt them to the curriculum.
September 5, 2008
Chicago relies on partnerships with local organizations and support from private funders to keep arts education going in the face of budgetary and curricular constraints.
June 18, 2008
National Research Council, however, turns up little evidence, to suggest credential has transformed field.
June 11, 2008
Experts caution that reliable and up-to-date statistics on student violence against teachers can be hard to acquire. National and district data show a drop in such violence over the past decade.
Updated: May 22, 2008
The author contends that a recent Education Week article mischaracterizes urban debate leagues' work.
April 29, 2008
The urban demise of debate leagues closed off a training ground for careers in law, business, and public service and a distinctive outlet for mouthy and some mousy kids who didn't necessarily take well to classroom society.
April 15, 2008
Concerns about the foundering economy are helping to highlight the need to improve students’ understanding of money matters.
February 19, 2008
Some teachers, under a professional cloud, are paid to leave their jobs. It's a fact little examined in schools or policy circles, and mostly unknown to the public.
January 22, 2008
Some colleges of education have in recent years increased their focus on training aspiring educators to handle disruptive students.
December 11, 2007
The 8,000-student Glastonbury school district outside Hartford, Conn., is now viewed as a model for meeting the demand for graduates with language skills and an understanding of other countries and cultures.
November 6, 2007
Proponents of science education expect that the law mandating science tests could compel schools to carve out more time for the subject.
October 5, 2007
The majority of states don’t require substitutes to have more than a high school diploma.
September 10, 2007
