Remove 2015 Remove Elementary Remove Secondary Remove System
article thumbnail

3 Ways to Stress Less in Today’s Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

She shares the WHO system for evaluating technology, tips for hybrid learning, and timeless principles for considering digital equity and relating to your students and colleagues in professional and respectful ways. 5 practical lessons for elementary classroom inclusion. Teachers are stressing over so many things. Desiree Alexander.

Classroom 317
article thumbnail

OPINION: This cannot wait: We need concrete solutions to fight school shootings right now

The Hechinger Report

As a member of the National Association of Secondary School Principals’ Recovery Network, I participated in a congressional roundtable on gun violence following October’s deadly massacre in Lewiston, Maine. The number of incidents has been rising dramatically since 2015.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

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

article thumbnail

7 Great Science Posters for Classroom

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

2015; Selmeier, 1957). As a fellow educator and researcher in the field, I’ve seen firsthand how visual elements can stimulate interest and understanding across various subject areas and grades, from elementary school all the way to higher education. Helping Secondary School Teachers Make Better Use of Audio-Visual Aids.

article thumbnail

Blurring the lines between education and workforce

The Hechinger Report

One idea that’s been gaining steam since last year is to break down barriers between high school, college and career to create a system that bridges all three. While only a small number of schools currently offer the early-college program, Vargas said these schools are becoming a “substantial part of their high school system.”.

Education 134
article thumbnail

How Parent Empowerment Can Change Your Classroom for the Better

Waterford

8] Additionally, one study found that when parents are involved in schools, their children are more likely to graduate from high school and attend post-secondary education.[9]. Parent Empowerment: Key to Changing Education Systems. Johns Hopkins University, 2015, School of Education. Sources : Parent Power in Education.

Classroom 299
article thumbnail

To the Citizens of BC

Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts

To the Citizens of British Columbia, Canada, How important is a good, free, public education system to you and to our society? Here are some graphs from Statistics Canada: Summary Elementary and Secondary School Indicators for Canada, the Provinces and Territories, 2006/2007 to 2010/2011.

article thumbnail

Giving Students a Safe Way to Ask for Help

Gaggle Speaks

But with 45,000 students across 55 neighborhood elementary schools, 16 secondary schools, two alternative schools, and 16 charter schools, the district was concerned with how they would be able to monitor any inappropriate activity. Students using the system to purposefully alert adults of possible situations.