A proposal at the university system would set up a core curriculum to help ease transfers, and reduce the number of core credits needed to graduate.
This word has appeared in 84 New York Times articles in the past year.
New York’s attorney general is responding to complaints from past students at the school who said they were misled into paying as much as $35,000 a course.
In San Francisco, a growing number of parents of special-needs children are challenging the budget-crunched school district over federally mandated support.
A bill aimed at relieving school district mandates required by the state is a tough sell on both sides of the aisle.
Seven of Austin Polytechnical Academy’s 30 teachers are being dismissed and five of them received the school district’s controversial “do not hire” designation.
The Vocab Film Festival Word of the Week is: Connoisseur. Check out this recent student contest submission to the Vocab Videos Film Festival.... Vocab Videos currently is running a contest where you can submit your own vocab video and photo
Heart Magazine magazine named New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez “Woman of the Year” for her dedication to children’s advocacy and her efforts to keep children safe – and today she lived up to her reputation as she signed into law HB 172 - a la
An 8 year old boy throws a temper tantrum -- albeit a somewhat dangerous one, where he pulls wood off the walls, and the police come in and pepper spray him. What do you think? To spray or not to spray? Story: Police pepper sp
The Vocab Film Festival Word of the Week is: Upbraid. Check out this recent filmmaker contest submission to the Vocab Videos Film Festival.... Vocab Videos currently is running a contest where you can submit your own vocab video and photo en
Governor Susan Martinez will be on New Mexicos biggest talk radio show today at 11am eastern, 15 minutes from now. There is a Corporal Punishment Ban that passed the house and senate that is just waiting for her to sign... Please call-in and ask her to s
Joseph G - Curley “Do you know the secret to life” Mitch “no” Curly “it’s this” he extends his index finger and says this” Mitch “Your finger?” Curley “one thing, just one thing, you stick to that and everything else don’t mean *%&#@” flip.
Given a choice between laying off academic facilitators, media specialists or guidance counselors, administrators are choosing to cut library-based staff.
Analysts agree that the long, drawn-out appeals process would have cost the district more than the buyout.
Sydney Cousin, who is hampered by serious health issues, has presided over a district which has been celebrated for high achievement.
The bill would allow school districts to use performance measures like test scores in personnel decisions rather than just seniority.
Jonathan Hinely writes that music education develops skills students need to succeed in school, the workplace and the community.
More than a dozen social studies groups and specialists from nearly 20 states are working to develop broad guidelines and res -More-
A fourth-grade teacher in Louisiana developed a project to teach research and writing skills to her English-language learners -More- 900 California Schools Improve Scores with Lexia Reading "My K-2 teachers swear by Lexia. Without it, we wouldn'
Teenagers are finding is tougher to find a summer job in Arizona as they compete with older workers. -More-
A group of Denver-area educators called the New Millennium Initiative have released recommendations for improving teacher eva -More-
Additional resources at struggling schools in Philadelphia did lead to improvements, according to research from the nonprofit -More-
The push to promote the teaching of science, technology, engineering and math in schools is being hampered by a lack of quali -More-
Wasting Minds: Why Our Education System is Failing and What We Can Do About It by Ronald A. Wolk (ASCD, 2011) Reviewed by Renee Moore, NBCT Teacher Leaders Network In a wonderfully well-timed blessing, I received a copy of Ronald...
Back in 2007, we titled a post at our companion blog Teacher Leadership Today this way: "Why Do Teachers Quit?" Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised that over the intervening 3 1/2 years, a number of teachers have found their way...
Last fall, when TLN member and experienced special educator Elizabeth Stein decided to make the move from elementary to middle grades teaching, we thought it would be interesting to give her two popular books for new middle school teachers and...
Becoming a Great High School: Six Strategies and One Attitude that Make a Difference By Tim R. Westerberg ASCD (2009) Reviewed by Mary Tedrow, NBCT High School English/journalism (N. Va.) Becoming a Great High School: Six Strategies and One Attitude...
Teacher Ariel Sacks blogs at the TLN website under the banner "On the Shoulders of Giants." In a recent post she identifies the top five reasons teachers avoid contact with education policy -- and refutes each one. Here's the first:...
TLN blogger Renee Moore (TeachMoore) writes of miguided education funding priorities and their impact on those citizens who most need access to a quality educational experience: As our state and federal governments put less funding into education generall
Secretary Duncan issued a technical assistance memo highlighting key components of strong state bullying laws and policies.
Secretary Duncan announced 13 new board members for the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE).
"Being average in reading and science—and below average in math—is not nearly good enough," Secretary Duncan said in response to results from the Program for International Student Assessment.
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act will "help schools fight our country's childhood obesity epidemic and give students access to the nutritional food they need to help them learn," Secretary Duncan said.
ED announced grants to higher education institutions that serve Asian American and Pacific Islander students.
Secretary Duncan named six members of the National Assessment Governing Board, which oversees the Nation's Report Card.
Our students' world is changing at a rate many adults cannot fathom.
by Ryan Bretag | @ryanbretag The Merriam-Webster's dictionary defines complacency as "self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies." More importantly, it is a critical blind spot for leaders that
Ryan Bretag | @ryanbretag Over the past six months, I've asked the following question to numerous teachers, administrators, and librarians in Texas, Illinois, New York, Wisconsin, and Florida: "How many of you are having ongoing conversations with st
Ryan Bretag | @ryanbretag As May approaches, student teachers are stepping out of their pre-service shoes and entering the profession as new teachers. What message are we leaving these new teachers as they depart on their journey? Dear New Educators:...
The new "Pet Rock" seems to be adding avatars to instructional software.
This entry was cross posted on Sentiments on Common Sense. In recent months tremendous amounts of discourse have surrounded the topic of college and career readiness for students graduating from secondary schools around the United States and the world. A.
Do yourself a favor and discover, as I just did over the weekend, a little-known Texan comic genius named Bill Hicks. The 2009 documentary of his tragically short life–impressive for being animated when not showing archival footage–is called A
Have a (serious?) laugh from the Onion. The bit about China at the end is priceless. CIA’s ‘Facebook’ Program Dramatically Cut Agency’s Costs Related posts:Wedding Songbirds: On the Humanity of Twitter On the Uses and ‘Abuses
The finest poetry — an ode of Keats, a lyric of Tao Yuanming or Li Po — is too beautiful to undress before indelicate teens. This is why, though I’m formally an English teacher, I prefer to teach — and do teach — history. Sha
From the mailbox, from an old student now in college. The short version seems to be, “What’s the point of studying literature in the 21st century? What’s the point, ever?” I remember having the same questions at times when college
Maybe I need my head examined for the below, because figuring out how to do the schooliness and add a grade for so many types of assessment will be a bear, but I’m taking the plunge anyway. What plunge? I’m inviting my students to do any proje
Not the most politically correct sentiment for our day, but still worth a share for its vision of what a student should — and can — be: Historians of religion consider Kongzi (Confucius) the single most influential “religious” figu
The efforts of Wisconsin Governor Walker to vilify public unions as the root of the state’s economic problems are a classic example of looking for simple solutions to complex and systemic problems. In this case, I believe both sides are wrong. Yes, I am p
A while back, I watched this video by Dr. Tae, aka "Your skateboarding and physics professor". This video is worth watching! Dr. Tae — Building A New Culture Of Teaching And Learning from Dr. Tae on Vimeo. One idea he speaks about is how testing
A post by Stephen Denning which highlighted a talk by Rachel Botsman pointedly captured my interest. Rachel speaks about the changing face of consumerism. Her focus is on how social networking and other collaborative internet sites are moving our world fr
A quote form Professor Bob Sutton, Stanford University: "The best test of a person's character is how he or she treats those with less power". Like Bob Sutton, I love to study how people with power over others act. It seems that power has a tend
This morning, I read Get Off Your “But”; How to End Self-Sabotage and Stand Up for Yourself by Sean Stephenson. When it comes to self-help, there are a great many “feel good” books out there. This isn’t one of them! Sean has faced life-changing adversity
I just had my hair cut at a local chain salon, where I struck up a conversation with the girl working on me. She graduated last year from the school at which I work, Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County, where she studied Cosmetology. We talked a
NSBA’s Center for Public Education was ahead of its time. When they released their “Better Late than Never” report few policymakers especially at the state and federal levels, talked about giving credit to schools for those students who
Looking for a real world experience conducting education research this summer? Then look no further. NSBA’s Center for Public Education (The Center) seeks an intern to work closely with the Center’s senior policy analyst in conducting education policy res
If you try to keep up with whether teachers should be evaluated based on their students’ performance by using value-added models your head is probably spinning from all the conflicting conclusions. On one hand, researchers say value-added results are too
The Concord Monitor had a great commentary piece in their Sunday paper titled, “Education reform is failing kids” and noted, “The Obama administration wants to reform No Child Left Behind. Reform, however, is not what this act needs. NC
NSBA is showcasing the Newport News Public Schools in Virginia as one of our Technology Leadership Network site visits this April. They are truly using technology to transform “business as usual”…take a peek at their video! To register,
The American Council on Education (ACE) and Pearson announced they will partner together to develop a new computer-based GED test, aligned with the Common Core State Standards. Nearly 800,000 GED Tests are taken each year, and in 2009, more than 470,000 i
I am continually amazed and inspired by actions that young people are taking everyday to make a difference in the world. Meet Nathan, Iowa second-grader and world change agent. His platform; clean water for all. Nathan shares his plan on is blog, hereR
The power of Twitterverse never ceases to amaze me. When you put that power and opportunity in the hands of highly qualified and passionate educators, there literally are no limits to what is possible for teaching and learning. I received a tweet this we
Amidst the rancorous debate around the national debt, federal spending and state budgets, it’s important to keep in mind that our budgets ultimately reflect our values. And considering the heavy cuts that state funding for education has taken in the past
The Domino Street Team has just finished our first “Worlds Biggest Book Club” with our first book, “Do the Work” by Steven Pressfield. (still FREE on Kindle for 18 more days!) whose credits include a number of movies including “The Legend of B
This weekend, I had the wonderful pleasure of presenting with my friend Steve Farber. Our topic was a favorite of mine: Passion Driven Leadership and Learning. What could be more important in the discussion of education and education reform? If you have
The Domino Project is on a mission to create a “domino effect” around the world helping people take advantage of the new world of publishing. Team Domino is inviting you to join us in this digital revolution. At 10am tomorrow, join us to discu