Quite often, the High School years are our last chance to change or influence the academic self-image of our children. It is therefore extremely important that educators recognize the “risk and reward” variables involved with oral responses in the classroom. Unlike written responses, oral responses are available for scrutiny by teacher and peers alike. The [...]
At Edwards, we realize that teachers cannot endure another cute PowerPoint presentation, a humorous presenter, or lengthy book study. Instead, we tailor our professional development to focus on the specific needs of the district and individual schools. Dr. Steven Edwards, EES President and CEO, often says “our work isn’t sexy but it is extremely important [...]
Recently I got the privilege to go on a number of radio shows where I my experience as an educator and with youth crime prevention. I was on the nationally syndicated David Pakman show, The Matthew Filipowicz show and the very popular Shannyn Moore show in Alaska. Specifically, I discussed both how we could help [...]
In honor of the start of a new school year, I would like to take this opportunity to talk about a recent experience my wife and my second-grader had while preparing for the first day of school. On the Friday before the first day, my wife took my son, Noah, to his school to put [...]
I recently had the opportunity to sit down and chat with a couple of great talk radio hosts – Nicole Sandler and Sam Seder. Audio from Nicole’s show can be found here, and the feed from Sam’s show can be found here. On both programs I had the opportunity to address some of the systemic [...]
“If it ain’t broke, let’s fix it,” seems to be the battle cry of the new majority-Republican school board in Wake County North Carolina, which is working hard to undo its decades-long struggle for desegregation. The main issue? The new school board majority is pushing hard to revert back to ‘neighborhood schools.’ Although at first [...]
Today I watched a disturbing video discussing the suspension of a high school English teacher. The suspension wasn’t the disturbing part. What was upsetting was that she was suspended for blogging about how her students were “rude, disengaged, lazy whiners.” More upsetting, however, was her justification that she used an alias in her blog and [...]
Even during the best of times, the role of a school administrator comes with its own set of challenges. Successful school leadership requires personal fortitude, the ability to establish a strong connection with staff and students, and deep reserves of individual resourcefulness. The attitude cultivated by a school’s leader becomes the heartbeat of the entire [...]
By: Mike Chapman Headmaster, St. Gilgen International School, England Although many people often talk about an ‘education of quality’, it is intellectually challenging to try to define what this means. Let me try to summarise for you what such a concept of excellence means at St Gilgen International School. By way of global context, there [...]
Below is an excerpt from an upcoming research article Rebecca Edwards wrote on Student Engagement that is to be published by Educational Research Service shortly. Student achievement gaps receive a great deal of attention in the United States. Articles and documentaries remind us that, according to testing data, U.S. students are lagging behind students in [...]
