The Global Search for Education: Log On
“Edmodo has been invaluable in promoting digital citizenship for my students, and an awareness of appropriate, but exciting online participation.” — Viviene Tuckerman – Australia Educators, students and parents around the world continue to log on and learn in these digital times. But how does the largest K – 12 social learning platform transform into a global conduit for meaningful learning and...
The Global Search for Education: Finnish Math Lessons
“We believe that students need to develop self-confidence and trust in their ability to do math, and it is the solving of real-life, simpler problems that gives them the ability to engage in more difficult, abstract tasks. Only the procedural understanding acquired in this manner will empower students to solve the test problems.” — Cecilia Villabona Research has sought to understand why more boys than girls...
Reflecting On Teacher Relationships
Click here to read an original op-ed from the TED speaker who inspired this post and watch the TEDTalk below. I stand before you heavy-hearted and tentative to let go of my second and last child who will graduate high school in just a few weeks time. Like other parents, I know that with an impending high school graduation, it is a nostalgic time charged with diverse and conflicting emotions. I feel joyful. I feel tearful. I feel...
The Global Search for Education: Campus Talk
The aim of “Campus” is to allow experts on a diverse range of topics, from neuroscience to eating disorders to cyber-bullying, to share perspectives with educators. “Campus,” an idea born in Finland (the top ranking country in education according to recent international comparisons), is an exclusive professional seminar for all New York City public school teachers that will be held this Saturday, May 4th...
The Global Search for Education: Health and Education Part 2
“Children with ADHD are typically comparable on estimates of IQ and cognitive abilities, suggesting that their disorder is what is getting in the way of learning.” — Dr. Gregory Fabiano Inattention and hyperactivity is one of the most common types of mental and behavioral health problems that affects youth, according to Dr. Charles Basch, author of Healthier Students Are Better Learners. In Basch’s...
The Global Search for Education: What Is the Fourth Way?
“We need to establish platforms for teachers to initiate their own changes and make their own judgments on the frontline, to invest more in the change capacities of local districts and communities, and to pursue prudent rather than profligate approaches to testing.” — Andy Hargreaves and Dennis Shirley The Fourth Way is a powerful new vision to bring about effective educational reform. Even after one has...
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