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Advanced Math & Science Charter School, Part II
Posted in Uncategorized on February 23, 2012
Published by EducationNews.org — Part II on the AMSA Charter School examines how the school can promise every student will become advanced. When Jay Sweeney joined the staff at the Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School (AMSA), he was the only non-Russian in the math department. The school is in the middle of Massachusetts, so huh? Now [...]
Advanced Math & Science Charter School, Part I
Posted in Uncategorized on February 16, 2012
Published by EducationNews.org — A remarkable school takes all students and achieves impressive results — so, how do they do it? The road curves around Williams Lake in Marlborough, MA, a bucolic spot except for the boarded-up buildings left over from what was once a booming manufacturing past. These days mid-Massachusetts is a thriving hub for [...]
Is Trauma the Root Cause of Major Misbehavior?
Posted in Uncategorized on February 9, 2012
Pulbished by EducationNews.org – Children endure several different types of trauma, and how we respond has an effect on how students behave in the short and long term. At a recent conference, nearly 600 attendees learned painful lessons about trauma’s effect on the young, developing brain. Dr. James Greer, psychiatrist and Clinical Professor at Brown Medical [...]
Chronic Absenteeism Reveals and Causes Problems
Posted in Uncategorized on February 1, 2012
Published by EducationNews.org – If kids aren’t at school, all of the school’s other efforts just don’t matter. If a kid’s not listening, she’s not learning. If the kid’s not even in school, she’s certainly not listening. Showing up every day and on time are skills absolutely necessary to success, especially at the entry level of [...]
Learning to Write Teaches Westerly Students Science
Posted in Uncategorized on January 25, 2012
Published by EducationNews.org – A focus on kids learning to write boosted science learning and test scores in one district. Back in December 2009, excited 4th graders at Westerly’s State Street School sat down to take a practice science test. Like little sports jocks, the kids approached the task as if it were training for the big game [...]
K-12 Task Force Helped Westerly Triumph Over Dismal Science Scores
Posted in Uncategorized on January 19, 2012
Pulbished by EducationNews.org – Westerly’s plan to improve its science instruction, after sobering 2008 scores, included a volunteer effort by teachers. In 2008, bad news came like body blows to the little beach town of Westerly, RI. First, the elementary and middle-school science scores were fairly disappointing, but the high school full-on bombed. The 11th graders scored [...]
Teachers’ Angry Comments Can Stop Education In Its Tracks
Posted in Uncategorized on January 12, 2012
Published by EducationNews.org – Dr. Martin Haberman, pioneer of the ‘Star Teacher Interview,’ analyzes teacher attitudes — and hurtful words — toward students. At the end of Dr. Martin Haberman’s most recent monograph on teaching is a collection of ugly comments made to actual students. He introduces them: “One of the questions which the (teacher-preparation) trainees are asked in [...]
Will Bureaucratic Evaluation Systems Nourish Great Teaching?
Posted in Uncategorized on January 5, 2012
The Most Educational Toys are Completely Free, Or Mostly
Posted in Uncategorized on December 29, 2011
Published by EducationNews.org – The best, most educational toys don’t always need to plug in, have a micro-processor or cost a fortune. “IT CAME FROM THE MAIL ROOM,” BY FLICKR USER LAST MARINER. USED UNDER CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE. Ah, the quiet week, the post-holiday pause. The gifts have been purchased, wrapped and unwrapped. The house is [...]
A Social Studies Project Lets Us Peek Through Windows into 3rd Grade Lives
Posted in Uncategorized on December 21, 2011
Published by EducationNews.org – At the International Charter School, in Pawtucket, RI, teachers and an artist help third grade students document their culture and lives using photographs. The all-purpose room at International Charter School (ICS) crackles with excitement. Along the walls are the final exhibitions for “Documenting Cultural Communities,” an annual third-grade social studies project. Each child has [...]
