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Sir Ken Robinson: The creative approach to teaching and learning

JD Solomon | June 18, 2015

Sir Ken Robinson’s 2006 TED talk, “How Schools Kill Creativity,” still ranks as the most watched video of the series, viewed more than 30 million times. In that presentation Robinson said that we are all born with immense natural talents, but by the time we’ve been through an education system, far too many of us […]

Is healthcare required for full-time substitute teachers?

Adam Galvan | June 12, 2015

An enforcement agency writes a rule to solve a specific problem. Applied to other situations, the rule makes less sense. Will the agency restrict enforcement to those situations clearly referenced in the rule or will the agency enforce the rule more broadly? Among Affordable Care Act watchers, this is a common question. Parsing the rule […]

How schools maximize gifted talent

Adam Galvan | June 05, 2015

The U.S. public school system’s focus on struggling students leaves high-achieversÁ‘especially minorities, the economically disadvantaged and English-language learners Á‘without a challenging enough education, experts say. A lack of federal funding and patchwork policies across states often leave decisions on identifying and serving gifted students to district administrators. An estimated 3 million to 5 million academically […]

10 Signs That Your #BlendedJourney is on the Right Track

Adam Galvan | June 05, 2015

Whether you have just begun your blended learning journey, or it is a path you have been traveling down for several years, it’s important to stay dynamic and reflective on your practice in order to ensure that your blended initiative is having a positive impact on student success. In this web seminar, originally broadcast on […]

All learning relies on literacy

Adam Galvan | May 25, 2015

The biggest changes in reading instruction in the coming year center on embedding literacy across all subjects a student studies during the school day. Engineering concepts, for example, can be used to break down the plots of stories and analyze characters. And ESL specialists should collaborate with subject teachers to align instruction so students are […]

Digital tools analyze a fifth grader's essay

Adam Galvan | May 23, 2015

A living, breathing teacher is the best tool to assess a written essay. However, DA found a few tools that can do almost the same job, pointing out narrative, organization and purpose of an essay. We used an authentic essay that a fifth-grade girl in Connecticut wrote about her very big mastiff dog named Bam […]

A river runs through lessons in Washington

Kylie Lacey | May 22, 2015

Students in Port Angeles School District in Washington get a taste of the real world of science from their local river. For the past 10 years, they have been working like true scientists collecting and analyzing data gathered from the Elwha River, which is in nearby Olympic National Park near the Pacific coast. Between 2011 […]

Slideshow: $11M athletic facility upgrade in San Diego

Adam Galvan | May 22, 2015

San Diego USD student athletes now play in a new football stadium, baseball field, track and other sports facilities as an $11 million improvement project was completed in April. The project’s funding came from Proposition Z, San Diego USD’s general obligation bond passed by voters in 2012, as well as from the State Schools Facilities […]

Transforming quiet school libraries into collaborative spaces

Ariana Fine | May 21, 2015

Transforming school libraries into communal learning “playgrounds” offers students technology support, remote access to research resources and expanded opportunities for creative exploration. Librarians can collaborate with teachers to develop lesson plans that incorporate a multifunctional library’s media programs, books and other online resources. For instance, students in a history class at New Canaan High School […]

Special education tactics aide Common Core success

Adam Galvan | May 20, 2015

A curriculum framework initially developed for special education students is gaining traction in general ed classrooms nationwide during Common Core implementation. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an approach created by a nonprofit that addresses students’ individual learning needs to reach standards. Teachers allow students multiple ways of accessing information and demonstrating understanding for each […]

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