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46 Tools To Make Infographics In The Classroom

Today’s current system was simply not designed to allow for the flexibility that will be needed as students seek out increasingly online and blended learning opportunities. The infographic, Financi...

How can we measure what makes a school system work? Andreas Schleicher walks us through the PISA test, a global measurement that ranks countries against one another -- then uses that same data to help schools improve.

People who worried that the technology boom would lead to kids playing video games in class were right.

The new Science Teaching and Student Services building at the University of Minnesota will have 10 Active Learning Classrooms. Active Learning Classrooms all...

Mooresvilleâ??s Mark Edwards on how it took his district five years to become an overnight success.

Three popular ways to teach students to discover knowledge are through project-based learning, problem-based learning, and inquiry-based learning. These terms are often used interchangeably, although there are some differences among them.

Elementary school Principal Peter DeWitt writes about students' social and emotional health, and how educators can help young people find common ground. He can be found at www.petermdewitt.com.

Putting Tech Before Content- New tech is exciting.  Students (and teachers) will be focused on the new devices.  It is easy to get sidetracked by the excitement. I spent so much time trying to fron...

There are all sorts of reasons to get an education. It gives you perspective on the world, it makes you a complete person, and of course most importantly of all, it helps you build a career.

Projects in the classroom are as old as the classroom itself.

“Projects” can represent a range of tasks that can be done at home or in the classroom, by parents or groups of students, quickly or over time. While project-based learning (PBL) also features projects, in PBL the focus is more on the process of learning and learner-peer-content interaction that the end-product itself.

In the last decade, elementary school principals have watched reading and math — the subjects that used to make or break a school under the No Child Left Behind Act — get all the attention.