Remove 2002 Remove E-rate Remove Education Remove Elementary
article thumbnail

50 Ways to Teach Using Music in Your Classroom

Waterford

Read on to learn more about the emotional and academic benefits of musical education. Then, discover kid-friendly books and activities about music that are perfect for elementary classrooms. In addition, music education is linked to social-emotional development. Music education also has the potential to raise self-esteem.

Classroom 263
article thumbnail

U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

Secretary of Education Richard W. Yet, understanding this history is crucial to understanding the meandering path we are on with respect to determining the best and appropriate future role for the federal government with respect to educational technology – a task I have set out for myself in a series of posts on this very topic.

Policies 150
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

8 Ways to Help New Teachers Thrive (and Veteran Teachers Too!)

The CoolCatTeacher

K., & Bruegmann, E. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 36(4), 476–500. A Smile is the Teacher’s Game Face This summer, I met Rob Brown , elementary school principal at Southside Christian School in South Carolina. Review of Educational Research, 81(2), 201–233; Headden, S. 24) Jackson, C. 25) Kraft, M.

Policies 236
article thumbnail

Schools in the poorest state become even poorer

The Hechinger Report

. — This fall, students at Enterprise Attendance Center in the small city of Brookhaven may get to draw, paint and make crafts in an elementary art class — the first the school has had in 12 years. Related: “Education costs money,” says state superintendent in Mississippi. billion on elementary and secondary education.

article thumbnail

The History of the Future of E-rate

Hack Education

The FCC plays a particularly important role in regulating the telecommunications industry, and as such, it has provided oversight for the various technologies long touted as “revolutionizing” education – radio, television , the Internet. What can E-rate tell us about the relationship between politics and ed-tech?

E-rate 49
article thumbnail

How the federal government abandoned the Brown v. Board of Education decision

The Hechinger Report

Board of Education school-segregation decision, Williams saw a post on Facebook shared by an old high-school friend she knew from her days playing trumpet in the Gardendale marching band: The newly empowered Gardendale Board of Education would be meeting in a few hours. Related: The only A-rated, majority-black district in Mississippi.

Education 111