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Guest post by Michele Molnar of K-12 Parents and the Public. Ask parents what they think of their child's school, and mostly they will give a positive response, says Lori Nathanson, research associate at the Research Alliance for New York... […]

Homeless and highly mobile students have even greater academic challenges than children in deep poverty or with special needs, according to a new study. […]

A federal interagency initiative hopes to test new policies and programs to support disconnected youth. […]

Blogger Adam Provost visits the Fab Lab at NYC's Marymount School for a view from the front lines of the Maker movement. […]

Beth Holland, communication coordinator and instructor at EdTech Teacher, gives three age-appropriate examples of introducing social media to children in the lower elementary grades. […]

Blogger Ben Johnson provides strategies and techniques for creating interesting and challenging student debates in the classroom. […]

By Allan AlachThere’s increasing evidence that the forces of educational darkness are being repelled in many countries. The tipping point will come, seemingly out of nowhere and the neoliberal standardised education nightmare will rapidly collapse. Keep fighting!I welcome suggested articles, so if you come across a gem, email it to me at allan.alach@ihug.co. […]

Brilliant collage from Hillcrest SchoolIt was great to pick up a new book ‘ Connecting Curriculum,Linking learning’ NZCER 2013 which provides portraits of creative teacher’s practice in an era that sees an emphasis on narrowing teaching through the emphasis on National Standards and assessment focussing teacher’s attention unhealthily on literacy and numera […]

 By Allan AlachThought for this week:‘Rote repetition can result in some information being retained, although it is not  a particularly effective method of encoding information into memory. Why, then, are so many kids forced to learn this way?’The Truth About SchoolYour thoughts?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAZqMaBY2MI I welcome suggested articles, so if y […]