
Research on Experiential Learning Instructional Techniques •Experiential learning can be defined as “learning by doing” and is used to refer to several different aspects of learning. •The...

Schoodoodle Please help us congratulate our CEO- Michael Ockrim and his wife! They welcomed a baby girl to their family last week! She has 2 doting big brothers and we are so thrilled for them!

Education Secretary Duncan is seeking ideas to inform the design of his Race to the Top Assessment Program Competition for states that are working jointly to develop and implement common high-quality assessments that are aligned to a common set of K-12 internationally bench-marked standards and are...

The Kids’ Science Challenge is a unique competition targeted to students and helps them discover the importance of scientific innovation and research.

Two out of five American K-12 teachers appear disheartened and disappointed about their jobs, according to new research by Public Agenda...

By Dan Austin Have you read all the articles predicting the end of the recession? The front cover of Newsweek announced that the recession is over—but the recovery will be tough? Economists do believe the fundamentals of a deep recession are behind us. So what’s next? Ev...

Parent alert: the Walt Disney Company is now offering refunds for all those “Baby Einstein” videos that did not make children into geniuses. They may have been a great electronic baby sitter, but the unusual refunds appear to be a tacit admission that they did not increase infant intellect. “W...

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced the Department’s priorities for grants under the $650 million Investing in Innovation Fund (i3). ...

The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 includes a provision that allows elementary and secondary school teachers the opportunity to take a tax deduction of up to $250 annually on their federal income tax, if they have spent their own out-of-pocket funds to purchase school supplies and/or equipment for...

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) has analyzed recent state budget shortfalls, some effects of ARRA funds on state and local governments, and identifies circumstances and suggestions for states and localities as they plan for FY 2011...

Schoodoodle Interesting opinion piece in Forbes about the state of US Education- do you agree with his view? Teachers- what is your take on this?
Source: www.forbes.com
How about committing a bigger share of the national budget?

There has been no significant change in the performance of the nation’s 4th-graders in mathematics from 2007 to 2009, a contrast to the progress seen from 1990 to 2007 at that grade level and subject, according to the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in mathematics. ...










