The Global Search for Education: Social Learning
“Edmodo has been a platform that can be adapted to any type of classroom in the US and in every part of the world. We already have over 17,000,000 users.” — Crystal Hutter Have you done your Edmodo, honey? Yes that’s right, I said “Edmodo,” not “homework” or even “school work”. An impressive 17 million plus users worldwide are doing their Edmodo. The company’s...
The Global Search for Education: Health and Education
“Highly prevalent, specific health problems have powerful effects on students’ motivation and ability to learn, and have not been addressed well in our nation’s schools.” — Chuck Basch Today I begin a series of articles to focus on problems that affect our domestic achievement gap, with the objective of identifying solutions for these issues. Should health disparities be a fundamental part of...
The Global Search for Education: If not the SAT, What?
“Multiple choice tests have been the dominant type of test in this country since World War I, but that is about to change.” — Roger Benjamin What if educators were able to assess the 21st century skills that thought leaders in The Global Search for Education series talk about week after week? What if this 21st century replacement for the SAT was able to measure high school students’ critical thinking,...
How Will They Lead?
“So many of them have persevered through so much in their lives already, and overcome tremendous adversity, but they don’t even realize it. It is remarkable that they want to continue dedicating themselves to helping others.” — Kirk Spahn, ICL co-founder As Americans begin to evaluate the US candidates for the next presidential election, everyone will ask himself or herself this question: How will they...
For the Children
Brooke Jackman Foundation 10th Anniversary Read-a-thon is at the World Financial Center Photo courtesy of Brooke Jackman Foundation. September 13, 2001 In the playroom outside the doctor’s office, my six-year-old son was maneuvering a toy airplane through Lego constructed twin towers. The doctor explained his stomach pains were a symptom of post traumatic stress. In the midst of the insanity, I had failed to notice the...
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