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Murals Teach Education is Not a Crime
Changing the World, One Wall at a Time is a new documentary on Education...
Drawing on Ideas for Language Learners
Mark Oronzio suggests concept-mapping strategies for language learners
For more than 40 years, education researchers...
The New Digital Divide
Keith Oelrich argues that teacher preparation and curriculum design are the keys to closing the digital technological opportunity gap
A Gap Emerges
In the mid-’90s, as...
Mass. House Pushes For Diversity in ELL Teaching
Last week, the Massachusetts House passed a bill that would eliminate “one size fits all” teaching for English Language Learners ( ELL ). The...
Boom Predicted for Cloud-based Language Learning
According to a new report by Transparency Market Solutions the value of the cloud-based...
Kids & Teens, Help Others this Summer & Get $500
Disney is Supporting Hundreds of Youth-Led Service Projects with $500 Grants
Youth Service America (YSA) and The Walt Disney Company are encouraging kids and families...
Chile
Covering 4,300 km (2,700 miles) of the western coast of South America, Chile is situated between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean. From the...
Teaching Tools
To coincide with this month’s annual conference of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), here is a selection of some of the...
Adult-Acquired Bilingualism Benefits the Aging Brain
New research reveals that bilingualism has a positive effect on cognition later in life. Findings published in Annals of Neurology, a journal of the...
Opposition to Puerto Rico’s Schools Cuts
Last month, the presidents of the American Federation of Teachers and the Asociación de Maestros de Puerto Rico (the Puerto Rico Teachers Association) co-signed a letter to the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, describing the harmful impact of the deep education cuts over the past decade and the devastating consequences additional proposed reductions would have on students and Puerto Rico’s future.
Celebrate but Don’t Rest on Brown v. Board
As we celebrate the 63rd anniversary of the anti-segregation decision in Brown v Board of Education, there is justifiable concern that the principles enshrined...