The Discovery Point Child Development Centers is going to be expanding its childcare centers in an effort to address the growing need for better and more available early education.
A newly released study has found that visual aids--specifically diagrams--administered at the start of lessons helps students master the lesson better, according to Education Week.
Nevada has become the fifth state to pass a law that makes education savings accounts (ESAs) available to all students in order to allow them to have more options for their education.
In third and fourth grade classrooms in a school in Mineola, N.Y., students use about 75 percent of the school day on their iPads following the district's adoption of a one-to-one iPad initiative, raising questions on the future of... 06/19/2015 - 9:36am ago
In Nevada, only 30 percent of public school students in the entire state successfully completed standardized exams for the 2014-2015 school year due to technical difficulties administering the test online.
The Boys & Girls Clubs of America is expanding its Summer Brain Gain program to 1,500 clubs across the country to curb the loss of skills over the summer months by keeping students active in reading and learning.
The Smithsonian Science Education Center (SSEC) has launched “Good Thinking! The Science of Teaching Science” web series, a free series that provides professional development opportunities for science teachers to best instruct scientific... 06/22/2015 - 9:51am ago
It has long been a concern that education schools and programs are producing inadequate teachers and states are responding with more difficult teacher licensing exams. As a result, passing rates on licensing exams have fallen, particularly... 06/22/2015 - 10:29am ago
A 10th grade English teacher has taken an innovative approach to the final exam by having her students create their own podcasts in a great example of how project-based learning works.
Blended learning is sometimes lauded as the great new savior of education. However, is this instructional method really the next great step for education or is it all just hype?
LeapFrog is the latest education company to get on board in offering free summer reading programs to parents to prevent the ominous "summer brain drain."
Noble Network of Charter Schools, which operates 17 schools in Chicago, has been named the best-performing large charter school network in the country and is the recipient of the 2015 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools sponsored by The... 06/23/2015 - 9:17am ago
Common Core standardized tests are being scored by test graders without backgrounds in teaching, and the process that they’re managed under has been compared to that of fast-food restaurants like McDonalds.
Kathy Cook, Dean of Technology at the University of Phoenix College of Education, has several suggestions for parents for keeping their children engaged in learning over summer vacation through the use of technology.