EdTech
Here's Why You Should Be Podcasting in the Classroom
Six years ago, my school, Ames High School went one-to-one and handed every student a laptop. This was a major shift for many of our teachers, and school administrators wanted to be sure they had the...
Charter Schools
Don't Forget, Not Every Student Had Opportunities for Enrichment This Summer
This summer, my students and I learned that blue crabs are really feisty, but mosquitos are even feistier. For two weeks in June, I chaperoned a student fellowship program called Earthwatch Ignite,...
Charter Schools
School Choice and High Standards Aren't Enough, Here's How We Focus on What Each Student Needs
On an early fall day a few years ago at a local playground, my friend Sarah and I watched as her three children reveled in their after-school freedom. In front of us, her two younger children were...
Parents
Six Ways Parents Can Help Kids Learn Over the Summer Break
Summer is not just a two-month countdown to sending the kids back to school. You only get 18 summers total with your “babies,” and half of those will be stolen away or occupied by growing pains, such...
Student Voice
How This Music Program Is Helping Incarcerated Youth Tell Their Stories
More than 60,000 young people are incarcerated in secure facilities, residences and group homes, learning in alternative education settings designed to keep them in school or prepare them for jobs...
Teaching
Six Things Every Teacher Should Make Time for This Summer
Summer has begun and another academic year has officially ended…or as we exhausted educators like to say, “Tag parents! You’re it!” Truth be told, May is always a bittersweet month for me and most...