Study: Blended math instruction leads to learning gains A two-year study involving 17,000 students and 375 teachers from 147 schools found that students using Carnegie Learning's Cognitive Tutor Algebra I program -- which blends traditional and online learning -- gained 8 percentile points during the second year. The study was funded by the U.S. Department of Education, and researchers say the findings may help schools when choosing blended-learning programs. Education Week/Inside School Research blog (6/20)
Fifth-grade teacher gives students a voice through blogs Pernille Ripp, a fifth-grade teacher in Middleton, Wis., works every day to involve students in their own educational experience by giving them a voice. In this blog post, she writes that each year she asks her students to blog about topics she chooses, such as "what their path to learning" should look like, and then gives them an audience for their ideas via Twitter and other sources. She also suggests that teachers survey students after lessons to determine what they liked -- and didn't like -- as well as at the end of the year. SmartBrief/SmartBlog on Education (6/21)  |
What's important in this text? Join Patrick Allen as he uses a shared nonfiction think-aloud to teach a reading comprehension lesson in the new DVD Fact Finders! You and your staff will see how to help students define their purposes for reading, distinguish the important from the merely interesting, and transfer ideas to their own independent reading. View a 5-minute segment online! |
 | No charges under new cyberbullying law in N.C. district Under a new law, Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C., students who engage in cyberbullying against school employees can be charged with misdemeanors. However, police say that no reported incidents have risen to that level. Some recent incidents included a student who posted unkind remarks about a teacher, along with a photo, but that was handled internally by the school. In other cases, students have created parody-Twitter accounts for staff, but that action does not fall under the law, police said. The Charlotte Observer (N.C.) (6/21) Other News | Ill. district to use Chromebooks for transition to online tests An Illinois school district recruited students at a local middle school, as well as a staff committee, to study the pros and cons of Mac OS laptops, Windows laptops, Windows convertible devices, iPads and Chromebooks made by Acer, Lenovo and Samsung before deciding which devices to purchase for students. To prepare for new online exams, the district has decided to lease 2,400 Acer Chromebooks, for $277.15 each, and will pay for the devices over three years. Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Ill.) (6/23) | Initial steps educators can take to use social media In this blog post, educator Lisa Michelle Dabbs suggests fellow educators take time over the summer to think about the ways social media could be used to support professional growth. Among the suggestions she offers are to find a mentor, pick one social media tool and master it, seek free, online professional-development opportunities and collaborate and share resources. Edutopia.org/Lisa Michelle Dabbs' blog (6/21)
| STEM subjects can be enlightened by the humanities Science and engineering students focused on their studies and careers may question why college-level study of the humanities is required or how the expense and time can be justified. However, these studies are vital, writes John Horgan, because while the sciences "give you certainty, the humanities ... give you uncertainty, doubt and skepticism ... [which] is especially important when it comes to claims about humanity, about what we are, where we came from, and even what we can be and should be." ScientificAmerican.com (6/20) |  | It is an axiom, enforced by all the experience of the ages, that they who rule industrially will rule politically." -- Aneurin Bevan, Welsh politician | | Please contact one of our specialists for advertising opportunities, editorial inquiries, job placements, or any other questions. | | Publisher, Education Group: Joe Riddle P: 202.407.7857 ext. 228 | | | | |
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