Education Stories Teaching kids how to disagree. Education Week - Feb 02, 2012 If you've ever spent time in an elementary school, you understand that students get mad at one another. As a former first grade teacher I heard my share of kids who said, "He's gave me a dirty look,"... Recommend It : Average (0 votes) 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 On the stage, an insider’s view of college admissions. The New York Times - Feb 02, 2012 Admissions boards can seem capricious and impenetrable, if not malignant, to many prospective freshmen. A new play, the aptly titled “Inadmissible,” gives the audience entrée to the deliberations... Recommend It : Average (0 votes) 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 Challenge to schools: Embracing digital textbooks. Las Vegas Sun - Feb 01, 2012 Are hardbound textbooks going the way of slide rules and typewriters in schools? Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski on Wednesday... Recommend It : Average (0 votes) 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 Seven digital learning tips for students. Edutopia - Feb 01, 2012 Happy Digital Learning Day! As an educator, I have definitely evolved from tech tentative to tech tenacious in a very short period of time. Because of my recently found passion for educational... Recommend It : Average (0 votes) 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 Utah is working on free online textbooks. The Salt Lake Tribune - Feb 01, 2012 Heavy textbooks weighing down teens’ backpacks might soon become a thing of the past in Utah. The State Office of Education has announced that it will develop open textbooks in math, language arts... Recommend It : Average (0 votes) 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 From math helper to community organizer Harvard Education Letter - Feb 01, 2012 S the student who organizes tag during recess or chooses to help a classmate with math on track to be a senator, a CEO, or a community leader? He—or she—may well be. Behaviors like embracing... Recommend It : Average (0 votes) 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 Seniors enter waiting game; what are their chances? Education Week - Feb 01, 2012 While many high school seniors are relieved to have the college application process behind them, others find these few months of waiting to be anxiety-filled. A senior blogging for The New York... Recommend It : Average (0 votes) 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 Education 2.0: Can digital learning day begin a classroom revolution? The Christian Science Monitor - Feb 01, 2012 With iPads making their way into kindergarten classrooms from Maine to Tennessee, it may seem like a given that American education is embracing technology for the rising generation. Recommend It : Average (0 votes) 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 Digital learning: What kids really want. The Journal - Feb 01, 2012 According to Project Tomorrow CEO Julie Evans, "Today's students have their own 'student vision' for how they want to use technology for learning. That vision," she said, "is really a statement of... Recommend It : Average (0 votes) 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 Smiles and exclamations as college decisions arrive, but not for me. The New York Times - Jan 31, 2012 Never have I ever been so happy to see green triangles. When one appears next to each completed application on the common application Web site those shapes ensure that colleges see that I am here,... Recommend It : Average (0 votes) 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 « Previous Next »