Another nation looks to transform its Education system as Cho Hi-yeon the Seoul education superintendent is looking to transform the city’s education system through offering equal opportunities in learning.
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Another nation looks to transform its Education system as Cho Hi-yeon the Seoul education superintendent is looking to transform the city’s education system through offering equal opportunities in learning.
Will the next generation be able to compete on the international job market? In light of the release of a new report, Australian Education Minister Chris Pyne calls for an improvement of the national curriculum. Read more here.
New teacher evaluation systems in Georgia are "too much, too fast", agrees the Coweta County Superintendent. Georgia has requested a one-year waiver on the consequences of student growth on teacher and leader evaluations, allowing educators time to adjust to the new assessment system.
Please find the audio link below for an interview between Ali Mau and Sheryl Ofner – Tuesday Radio Live. Sheryl specifically refers to the research of John Hattie and the work of Visible Learning to inform the changes that have taken place at Selwyn College.
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Gone are the days of drab grey interiors signalling a terrifying trip to the principal's office. Ross Cooper argues that student friendly decor can offer a place of sanctuary and reassurance.
Many educators are fed up with national testing demands intruding on day-to-day learning. Edweek shares a few constructive strategies that can help teachers protect their practice and, instead, build on what they know works.
Writing assessment has a long way to catch up to meet the new ELA standards, but this upcoming webinar makes it easy and engaging to build an effective writing program for your elementary classroom that lets you juggle multiple tasks at once.
How can we bridge the gap between teachers and new research? Aubrey Francisco looks into ways that teachers can adapt their practices, citing some interesting new research on how people learn and retain information. Read more here.
Is it better to retain critical thinking practices over rote-learned information? A look into Canada’s provincial tests reveals broader information about the most accurate ways to measure a student's academic success here.
Is there a simple way to boost the performance of struggling students? Elizabeth Stein writes about the psychology of encouragement, and the limitations of praising intelligence over hard work, looking into social-emotional learning expert Josh Hendrickson’s work on how mediation exercises can increase a students performance by working on emotional focus as well as academic. Read more here.
