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3 common challenges and how to address them Sopiko Beriashvili and  Michael Trucano April 26, 2024 Shutterstock/13_Phunkod Education Plus Development Read more fromEducation Plus Development Countries and education systems around the world are experimenting with innovative ways to enable learners to access additional education and career opportunities in support of their transition “from learning to earning.” OneContinue reading “Policies promoting digital education credentials”

In its simplest form, the Socratic method of teaching is a thought-provoking dialogue between an instructor and their students. It is based on the approach used by the philosopher Socrates, who was known to engage young minds in conversations designed to help define broad ideas, also exposing the complexities and ambiguities behind them. Instead ofContinue reading “What is the Socratic Method of Teaching?”

Now I’m more than ever even post pandemic, yet many may argue that it is not over yet, and we are far from it , where has it left our children globally. When you work in education over three decades are able to see throughout the world the differences between our pre- new normal itContinue reading “Is English becoming the global language?”

ASCD By LINDA JACOBSON | February 16, 2022 Young children learning to read — especially Black and Hispanic students — are in need of significant … We Have First-Graders Who Can’t Sing the Alphabet Song’: Pandemic Continues to Push Young Readers Off Track, New Data Shows

What do Jeff Bezos and preschoolers have in common? Maybe not much at a surface level, but in 2018, the e-commerce king pledged $1 billion to fund low-income Montessori preschools. You may not have known it, but along with many of the tech giants who founded Google® and famous athletes, musicians, and activists, Bezos himselfContinue reading “Exploring the Pros and Cons of Montessori EducationBy Hannah Meinke on 11/04/2019”

….note…Sadly, the state of education is in decline. No surprise. We are losing control and the train is off the rails. The educators can only do so much. Pointing fingers in every direction doesn’t help. Just like the sign I used to have in my office chairing my department..” don’t bring me a problem DashContinue reading “As Nation’s Report Card Resumes for First Time Since Pandemic, Federal Testing Chief Admits She’s ‘A Little Nervous’ about Results”

ASCD By LINDA JACOBSON | February 16, 2022 Young children learning to read — especially Black and Hispanic students — are in need of significant support nearly two years after the pandemic disrupted their transition into school, according to new assessment results. Mid-year data from Amplify, a curriculum and assessment provider, shows that while theContinue reading “We Have First-Graders Who Can’t Sing the Alphabet Song’: Pandemic Continues to Push Young Readers Off Track, New Data Shows”

ASCD Are we facing improving the state of education or are we sending the SAT assessment into extinction? By Daniel Mollenkamp     Jan 25, 2022 Good read… The move comes as a growing number of colleges and universities have gone test-optional in admissions, in part because the pandemic made it harder for students toContinue reading “The SAT Is Going Digital. Will That Make the Test More Equitable?”

The science of catching up Daily tutoring for those who are most behind rises to the top in research evaluations by JILL BARSHAY August 25, 2021 Small studies of high-quality after-school programs sometimes show improvements in reading or math, but many after-school programs have been a disappointment because of poorly trained teachers, weak instructional materialsContinue reading “Tutoring bridges the gap…”