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Consultant and author Harold Kwalwasser proposes a 21st century approach to public education, turning students from identical products on an assembly line into individual "customers" with unique needs.

2/10/12
Blogger Andrew Miller offers six simple, effective approaches to differentiated instruction in project-based learning.

2/8/12
Blogger Mark Phillips examines the reasons for -- and dangers of -- upgrading ADHD in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders' forthcoming revision.

1/31/12
Blogger Danielle Moss Lee continues her series about college-bound students of color with a look at what high school counselors should and shouldn't do.

1/26/12
Blogger Bob Lenz proposes four school design tips, which includes more time for teachers to assess student work.

1/19/12
Blogger Andrew Miller shares his experiences and suggestions for creating rubrics that will make students' -- and teachers' -- lives much easier.

1/18/12
Blogger Elena Aguilar explains the importance of activating students' prior knowledge and using authentic assessment.

1/18/12
Blogger Andrew Miller suggests teaching strategies around graphic novels and comics, popular media that hold enormous educational potential.

1/11/12
Through his own entertaining prose, blogger Todd Finley breathes life into the stifling writing rubrics that so often squash student creativity.

1/11/12
Blogger Andrew Miller recounts his journey from enforcing a punitive grading system to shaping a paradigm that engages all learners.

12/15/11
Professor Rebecca Alber shares three ways to gather and use valuable student data to inform your instruction.

12/6/11
The International Reading Association's Virginia J. Goatley and Brenda Overturf introduce the ELA CCSS and provide context to those who are new to the standards.

11/30/11
Algebra teacher Kadhir Rajagopal shares an in-class strategy for keeping students invested in the learning process.

11/28/11
Focus on the 4Cs in student work, and meaningful feedback and evaluations for teachers, says Ken Kay in this 6th blog in a series on 21st century leadership.

10/16/11
An elementary library media specialist reviews apps along the revised Bloom's taxonomy. Apps for evaluating Evaluation are reviewed in this fifth post of a six-part series.

9/22/11
Blogger Ben Johnson suggests that teacher created, curriculum based assessments are more valuable to student learning than standardized state tests.

9/16/11
Principal PJ Caposey writes that successful RtI is in the details of implementation and offers some suggestions.

9/8/11
An elementary library media specialist reviews apps along the revised Bloom's taxonomy. Apps for Analyzing are reviewed in this fourth post of a five-part series.

9/8/11
Journalist Alina Tugend finds that mistakes should not only be tolerated, but encouraged.

9/6/11
Neurologist and educator Judy Willis on the importance of igniting and developing students' executive function -- a part of the brain that controls critical thinking, creativity, and complex decision-making.

9/1/11
Edutopia looks for the truth about KIPP at KIPP King Collegiate High School.

8/25/11
An elementary library media specialist reviews apps along the revised Bloom's taxonomy. Apps for Applying are reviewed in this third post of a five-part series.

8/24/11
An elementary library media specialist reviews apps along the revised Bloom's taxonomy. Apps for Understanding are reviewed in this second post of a five-part series.

8/18/11
Academy for Urban School Leadership (AUSL) defines four key practices for sustained student achievement.

7/22/11
Eric Brunsell's ongoing series showcases some innovative tools and examples for showcasing student work.

7/19/11
Mary Beth Hertz shares a list of tech skills by grade level that she helps her students obtain. How do they compare to yours?

7/13/11
John Lerner from the Buck Institute of Education says PBL is more rigorous and more organized than many think.

7/1/11
Blogger Andrew Miller on why we need to keep relevancy in mind when we ask students to perform real world math, just as the Math Common Core dictates.

6/28/11
Blogger Ben Johnson proposes that preparing students for state standardized tests be the main objective in classrooms.

6/20/11
Neurologist and teacher Judy Willis describes how students' brains develop critical thinking skills and offers some instructional tips.

6/13/11
Blogger Ben Johnson explains how KWL is a fine learning tool but shouldn't be used to pretest students before teaching a lesson.

6/2/11
A dynamic list of the best resources: Practical (useful right now), Innovative (useful someday), and Persuasive (can make the case to change someone's mind), as rated by educators.

5/27/11
Blogger Anne O’Brien describes new models for assessing schools that put less emphasis on the results of standardized tests.

5/10/11
Blogger Heather Wolpert-Gawron presents several ways teachers can use multiple-choice tests as formative assessments.

3/28/11
The Department of Ed's Karen Cator answers your questions about the National Education Technology Plan (NETP)

3/9/11
Andrew Miller from the Buck Institute shares some criteria for assessing project-based learning effectively.

2/28/11
Andrew Marcinek shares how collaborative assessment can be applied in a digital classroom.

2/16/11
Formative assessments matter because teachers make important instructional decisions based on the data they provide.

2/15/11
2/9/11
Guest blogger Shawn Cornally orchestrates a blog carnival about assessment to kick off the next Edutopia Schools that Work.

1/31/11
Blogger and founder of Envision Schools Bob Lenz describes how the assessments at his schools are balanced by focusing on three aspects of learning: knowledge, application, and reflection.

1/26/11
Stephanie West-Puckett takes a page from the British reality TV show "Dragon's Den" to help students focus their research writing projects.

12/15/10
Edutopia shares its six core strategies for reforming education as part of the National Day of Blogging for Real Ed Reform.

11/22/10
STEM blogger Eric Brunsell shares a huge variety of inquiry-based projects to engage students.

11/10/10
Milton Chen, Edutopia's executive director emeritus, offers a glimpse into some exciting developments in public education.

11/3/10
Blogger Andrew Marcinek shares three tips to how to help students use social media more effectively

10/19/10
Dr. Katie Klinger questions if Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) is an effective -- and fair -- diagnostic tool.

10/18/10
Third-grade teacher Gaetan Pappalardo offers some practical suggestions for introducing some simple, yet valuable tech tools to younger kids.

10/14/10
A web 2.0 class crosses geographical boundaries to teach information literacy: 21st century skills, collaboration and digital citizenship.

10/11/10
Anne O'Brien explains how a school district in the state of Washington dramatically increased graduation rates in their high schools.

10/8/10
Bob Lenz highlights a recent study's findings that shows the effectiveness of project-based learning.

9/30/10
Amid the calls for dramatic and sweeping reform, blogger Gaetan Pappelardo suggests that the way forward is via the small victories.

9/22/10
A primer on Glossing, an innovative approach to composition instruction, by guest blogger Bob Alexander.

9/21/10
Blogger Eric Brunsell writes on how to engage students with high quality science tradebooks.

9/14/10
Educator and blogger Todd Finley on why student journals are an important tool for measuring comprehension. And he shares his favorite reflective writing formats and describe a labor-saving method of teacher response.

9/1/10
Will the new measures reinforce great, modern teaching and learning -- the kind that engages kids with real-world projects and cultivates the problem-solving and collaborative skills that are so essential in this day and age?

8/25/10
Post wisely and you can take advantage of your (permanent) digital footprint.

8/21/10
Edutopia's Grace Rubenstein makes the case that improving minority students' self-esteem improves their grades.

8/18/10
Blogger and third grade teacher Gaetan Pappalardo demonstrates how the combination of standardized testing and merit pay will turn kids into zombies.

8/17/10
Mary Beth Hertz on how to integrate technology into your classroom with limited resources.

8/11/10
Content standards can support creativity in our classrooms.

8/10/10
Susan Colby and Caitrin Moran Wright share four silver linings to the budget crises in education.

8/2/10
The first in a five part series on the integration of arts in STEM education by guest blogger Jim Brazell.

7/30/10
When students lack curiosity and are disinterested in the classroom, teachers need to reevaluate their lesson plan.

7/26/10
Teacher Heather Wolpert-Gawron shares an idea for project-based learning when students return in fall.

7/23/10
Blogger Anne O'Brien recommends that meeting the non-academic needs of students, such as providing counseling and eye glasses, is a crucial part of school reform.

7/21/10
Edutopia STEM blogger Eric Brunsell deconstructs the NAS Framework for Science Ed Standards.

7/20/10
Mary Beth Hertz gives an overview of the National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS*S, and suggests some transformative ways to integrate them in the classroom.

7/15/10
Science ed blogger Eric Brunsell on the process of developing national science standards.

7/2/10
Edutopia's new Tech Integration: Elementary School blogger Mary Beth Hertz introduces herself.

7/2/10
Dr Eric Brunsell, facilitator for Edutopia's STEM group, introduces a new science chat on Twitter, #scichat.

6/14/10
Joel Kirsch is traveling across his county -- one push-up at a time -- to make a point about the importance of physical education in our schools.

5/26/10
Guest blogger Andrew Marcinek suggests ways to transform assessment for the 21st-century.

5/26/10
Elena Aguilar offers practical advice to help teachers and students prepare for -- and survive -- state testing time.

5/2/10
Elena Aguilar shares a final project in which her seventh graders dramatically present their learning about medieval life and the plague.

4/19/10
According to middle school teacher, Heather Wolpert-Gawron, teaching Costa's Levels of Questioning can result in students creating their own assessments.

4/16/10
4/5/10
Placing a large number of students in advanced classes shouldn't alone serve as a silver-bullet formula for improving test scores and learning outcomes.

4/5/10
An unfavorable Adequate Yearly Progress report might hurt the students at a school it sets out to help.

3/23/10
Blogger Elena Aguilar reminds us why formative assessments are important and offers strategies to use during a lesson or topic of study.

3/21/10
Test-taking skills matter, but just as important are things like knowing how to negotiate and how to get along with co-workers.

3/12/10
Guest blogger Anne O'Brien describes why the methods for evaluating schools should be revised to a more accurate and nuanced system.

3/5/10
David Markus, Edutopia's editorial director, reports from the 9th Annual International Symposium of CoSN, also know as the Consortium of School Networking, in Washington, D.C.

3/1/10
It's time to redefine student excellence and dispel old myths about the perfect student.

3/1/10
Try these tips for helping teachers manage those stacks of student homework and classwork.

1/5/10
Stanford University researcher Linda Darling-Hammond will discuss what the United States can learn about student testing from other countries.

11/10/09
Using the standards to guide instruction may not be enough focus to boost student achievement.

11/9/09
When educators look at student work in teams, more impartial grading and better lessons result.

10/26/09
Constructivist teaching allows the teacher to be a learner side-by-side with students, and often also yields greater academic results.

10/6/09
Research papers no longer need to carry the negative connotation for students as a stand-alone, tedious assignment.

9/28/09
Student writing can take off when kids are asked to step out of the classroom and into their imaginations.

9/15/09
Effective arts education requires that students be given freedom within a structure.

8/21/09
It's time to expand student recognition to honor kids for more qualitative accomplishments.

8/17/09
If high schools use a high-stakes portfolio to evaluate graduating seniors, they should make this the importance of this body of work clear to students during their freshman year.

7/23/09
The graduates at one California high school are required to complete a College Success Portfolio their senior year, and nearly all plan to attend college.

7/15/09
There's logic behind including trick answers -- or distractors -- on tests, and it has to do with differentiating instruction.

7/2/09
Tips on how to plan, when to plan, and what to plan for the coming school year.

6/26/09
Parents often care about more about grades and test scores than about how school will help their child become happy, successful, and a good person.

6/4/09
A student-centered classroom is a place where kids create their own questions -- and find their own solutions.

4/28/09
One environmental educator sends a call to action to schools as he swims 1,000 miles along the Atlantic coast, hoping to raise awareness of the global threat to our oceans.

4/7/09
Posing a question to the class, allowing for think time, and then calling on a student is one simple strategy for engaging students in better academic discourse.

3/30/09
A middle school educator offers the nuts and bolts of preparing students for state standardized tests.

3/10/09
Equality in the classroom is not about every child getting the same, but about each student getting what he or she needs.

3/2/09
Meeting the needs of all learners starts with using active-learning strategies -- including student choice.

1/14/09
Being prepared for college and life requires more than just a mastery of academic skills and content knowledge.

12/11/08
Being prepared for college and life requires more than just a mastery of academic skills and content knowledge.

12/9/08
Research will examine how well the program works.

8/15/08
Find valid ways to assess your students.

7/30/08
A researcher questions one of the basic assumptions of postsecondary schooling.

7/7/08
Envision Schools embraces four principles for preparing students for success in college and careers, including rigor.

5/27/08
Look to the past to understand the complexity of raising the status of educators.

5/16/08
A school suffers under the standards of No Child Left Behind.

4/24/08
This simple testing method puts students in charge of their own learning.

4/2/08
It's important to give students immediate feedback and a chance to try again.

4/1/08
The information gleaned from standardized tests may not measure some of their worst side effects.

3/26/08
Educators must strategize to make the most of their students' time.

3/19/08
Educators need ways to stop the greatest threat to their efforts -- wasted time.

3/18/08
School should be a place where children learn things that are interesting and intrinsic.

3/13/08
Students who play creatively do more than just have fun. They learn to self-regulate and how to inspire themselves.

3/12/08
A steering committee drives an effort to garner community support for science, technology, education, and mathematics education.

2/15/08
Have stricter standards and requirements made teachers better?

2/11/08
Assigning kids to tackle real-world issues gives them a reason to care about what they learn.

1/31/08
A school decides that student failure is not an option.

12/18/07
The wide range of academic ability in our classrooms underscores the need for a new approach to class organization.

12/3/07
A PBL classroom is like a sports team, with just the same focus on preparation for performance.

11/28/07
Educators can find a wealth of project-based-learning resources at this online clearinghouse.

9/18/07
An analysis of autonomous educational facilities reveals that the increasingly popular model is largely successful.

9/12/07
Project-based-learning professional development at Envision Schools.

8/29/07
A three-pronged statement and definitions for students entering society.

5/21/07
The Joint Educational Facilities program for minority students.

9/28/06
Educators must stand on common ground when it comes to the disparity in academic accomplishment among children from various socioeconomic groups.

9/11/06
The achievement gap is not a problem without a solution. We just need information on how to close the gap.

9/5/06
Authentic assessment is a key part of instruction.

8/29/06
Creating a First Amendment school.

8/18/06
An honest look at why a school is designated a Program Improvement school.

8/3/06
Tips for encouraging low-level teenage readers.

5/30/06
A comprehensive school analysis from multiple perspectives is the first step in a school-improvement plan.

5/11/06
The importance of leadership in implementing innovations in schools.

3/24/06
Edutopia's video series Education Everywhere profiles innovative school systems all around the world. Here you'll find links to the videos and additional resources for global learning.

1/16/12
An educator's guide to websites, organizations, articles, and other resources looking at the new system of standards and how they will be assessed.

11/9/11
9/27/11
A reference list of Edutopia resources that educational consultant Eeva Reeder contributed to.

9/1/11
Educators from Mesquite Elementary School, in Tucson, Arizona, have provided these resources for you to use in your own school.

8/29/11
After Arizona's Mesquite Elementary School developed a program to provide additional instruction time for students struggling with math, test scores shot to the top.

8/29/11
How a resource-strapped elementary school became a top-performing school with a homegrown, easy-to-implement program of differentiated instruction.

8/29/11
Read about how one KIPP high school prepares its students for college by empowering them with critical thinking skills.

8/25/11
Educators and researchers share their views on why authentic assessment is a critical piece of the learning process.

8/22/11
Comprehensive assessment embraces the whole system of assessing student understanding as a mechanism to improve teaching and learning.

8/22/11
How KIPP educators instruct their colleagues to enhance their classroom practice.

7/15/11
7/11/11
Educators from the Bay Area's KIPP King Collegiate High School and the KIPP network have provided these resources for you to use in your own school.

7/11/11
How you can get started teaching critical thinking skills in your class.

7/11/11
Get our easy-to-print guides that include useful tips for teachers, parents, and school administrators.

4/27/11
Join Andy Snyder, a social studies teacher from School of the Future, to discuss the practical aspects, benefits and challenges of implementing authentic assessment.

2/22/11
New York's School of the Future shares their assessment plans and rubrics, classroom projects, schedules, web links, and other resources to help you implement "authentic" assessment today.

1/14/11
How you can replicate authentic assessment with the resources and time that you have.

1/14/11
How you can get started.

1/14/11
This New York City middle and high school ensures that students learn how to think critically and are assessed in an authentic way.

1/14/11
John Fanning and Stacy Goldstein share insight on how you can implement an "authentic" assessment strategy at your school.

1/14/11
A checklist of essential qualities for schools and school districts profiled in Edutopia's Schools That Work.

1/14/11
This New York City middle and high school measures the full range of student ability through formative assessments, presentations, exhibitions, and tests -- and they put a strong focus on "authentic" tasks that are tied to the real world.

1/14/11
A video produced by students at YES Prep North Central which features the graduating class of 2010.

6/17/10
Educators from Maine have shared details about their administration, school culture, professional development, and curriculum -- materials you may adapt for your class, school, or school district.

3/17/10
Over the years, Edutopia has participated in research and reported on findings related to our core concepts of project-based learning, cooperative learning, technology integration, and others.

3/11/10
Middle school students connect with history by writing stories from a slave's perspective.

3/10/10
George Lucas on revving up for the future of Edutopia by supporting a Web-only platform with a strong community component.

2/18/10
Rap and film bring the Bard's characters to life for high school students.

1/19/10
Where there's Will, there's a way . . . to teach. Any approach that brings students to Shakespeare is worth trying, but in the end, the lingo's the thing.

12/23/09
The school shares details about administration, school culture, professional development, and curriculum -- materials that you may adapt for your class or school.

11/2/09
Teacher-created classroom resources for a college-prep curriculum.

10/26/09
Six tips to spice up the day.

8/31/09
The Teacher Advancement Program gains momentum: This extensive teacher-development plan includes performance-based bonuses.

8/31/09
The key to efficiency and innovation in the classroom is using tech tools.

8/31/09
Despite absences at an inner-city school, a teacher commits to long-term projects.

8/31/09
Waldorf-inspired public schools are on the rise as parents seek relief from the high-stakes testing culture.

8/31/09
Close the gulf between research and the classroom and make use of findings that can enhance learning.

8/31/09
Educators can be coaches in the contest for stimulus-package funding for innovation.

8/27/09
How can we see ourselves as others see us? Try putting cameras on students' heads.

8/3/09
Educators are taking steps to turn failing schools around.

8/3/09
Several states are modeling innovative efforts to determine what children should learn by the end of their senior year.

8/3/09
Defining what makes a good educator is only the first step in improving teacher quality.

8/3/09
Educators emphasize that infrastructure must precede innovation.

5/7/09
Technology and NASA help teachers and students at a South Carolina elementary school aim high.

5/7/09
In his DYN Design pod, Jalen used Photoshop to create designs for shoes, caps, and T-shirts.

5/4/09
A West Virginia graphic design teacher prepares "challenged" students for college and creative careers.

4/1/09
Discover coverage of programs that illustrate the president's emerging agenda for public schools.

3/20/09
Give students a lesson in navigation -- from the points of the compass to GPS mapping.

1/20/09
Teach your students how to sketch polygons and objects in perspective.

1/20/09
Teach students the basics of telling time and recording dates in various formats.

1/20/09
Introduce students to field guides and species identification.

1/20/09
All the programs in our series have undergone outside evaluation to gauge their success, improve performance, or both.

1/20/09
Build your students' observation skills through animal identification.

1/20/09
All of the programs in our New Day for Learning, Part Two, series have undergone outside evaluation to either gauge their success, improve performance, or both.

1/20/09
New scientific findings spell difference, not disability, for struggling readers.

12/3/08
A Q&A with High Tech High teaching guru Rob Riordan.

12/3/08
Author Paul Tough talks about the community's innovative approach to education.

11/19/08
Teach your students the art of recording observations in the field.

11/7/08
Teach students about size-distance relationships and making group estimates.

11/3/08
Wrap up the curriculum with a primer on field analysis.

11/3/08
Guide students through the steps to create and deliver an oral presentation, and end with playing their golf hole.

10/27/08
Teach students how to turn their golf-hole designs into cool graphics and animations.

10/27/08
Revisit orthographic drawings by teaching students how to create and present plans for their golf holes.

10/27/08
Practice teamwork skills and estimation by having students lay out a life-size replica of their golf holes.

10/24/08
Fostering creativity through brainstorming and sketching sessions.

10/22/08
Start creating your lessons with these tips and activities.

10/14/08
Creating high expectations and ensuring academic markers for at-risk students.

10/8/08
Find out how this after-school program helps kids stay in school.

10/8/08
Conceptualize a project plan based on the four stages of the learning cycle.

9/24/08
Help with gauging your students' knowledge retention.

9/24/08
Download these templates and worksheets to help you construct your course outline and lesson plans, and to evaluate your teaching performance.

9/24/08
Persistence and reevaluation create change in ELL proficiency.

8/13/08
A new generation of video games sneaks into assessment tools.

8/13/08
Hands-on lessons you can adapt for your assessment workshops, from Edutopia.org's Assessment Professional Development Guide.

7/15/08
How students and teachers understand the standards against which work will be measured, from Edutopia.org's Assessment Professional Development Guide.

7/15/08
There are many alternatives to traditional standardized tests that offer a variety of ways to measure student understanding, from Edutopia.org's Assessment Professional Development Guide.

7/15/08
Asking students to demonstrate their understanding of the subject matter is critical to the learning process; it is essential to evaluate whether the educational goals and standards of the lessons are being met. From Edutopia.org's Assessment Professional Development Guide.

7/15/08
An overview of the Edutopia professional development guide for understanding the many ways to assess student learning in the classroom.

7/15/08
Educators employ project learning to explore science and history together.

6/25/08
Big concerns about the big test.

5/27/08
Beef up the real-world consequences of student projects in every grade.

3/20/08
A tiny offshore Maine school's self-sufficiency makes it an inspirational island apart.

3/20/08
Standardized assessments can't evaluate all kinds of learners.

3/20/08
The emphasis on standardized testing is muzzling the teaching of self-expression.

3/18/08
The venerable test-making organization hopes to make more meaningful measurements of student achievement.

3/18/08
Schools in England begin using a literacy test to gauge application of technical skills to everyday life.

3/18/08
A new assessment measures not what kids know but how well they learn.

3/18/08
Using portfolios and presentations, schools take assessment into their own hands.

3/18/08
Exams are better at gauging the big picture than at evaluating students.

3/18/08
Problem: Old-school accountability tests are crude measurements of student learning. Solution: Build a better test.

3/18/08
There is more than one way to measure a student's abilities.

3/16/08
Classroom response systems provide instant feedback.

12/19/07
The House Committee on Education and Labor proposes amendments to the controversial education law.

9/14/07
State superintendent of public instruction Jack O'Connell chimes in on NCLB, home schooling, and the endless quest for better teachers.

9/10/07
As the school year begins, we look to the future and at ten ideas to improve education.

9/2/07
Alaska educators charged with a complete overhaul of the district outline how they did it.

8/31/07
In remote Alaska, an innovative district ditches grade levels -- and increases learning.

8/31/07
The General Educational Development diploma deserves respect.

6/18/07
Educators rave about the benefits of early-childhood schooling. So, why don't we support it more?

5/29/07
Grading and achievement.

5/15/07
A reader rights the wrong.

4/20/07
What climate change and school change share.

4/19/07
NCLB-induced changes.

4/16/07
Ideas for doing away with stereotypes.

3/28/07
How a simple writing exercise dismantled negative racial preconceptions.

3/28/07
Superintendents struggle to fill the school's top job, once considered a plum educational post.

3/23/07
Focus on giving kids what they need -- information about their own brains.

3/13/07
An-Me Chung on after-school programs and the community.

3/13/07
A government panel releases its plans for improving NCLB.

3/9/07
As reauthorization looms, it's time to rethink and restructure.

3/9/07
A conversation with the executive director of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform.

3/9/07
Nearly a quarter century ago, "A Nation at Risk" hit our schools like a brick dropped from a penthouse window. One problem: The landmark document that still shapes our national debate on education was misquoted, misinterpreted, and often dead wrong.

3/9/07
A challenge.

3/9/07
Getting outside your box will give you a real perspective.

3/8/07
The Build San Francisco Institute is devoted to the architecture of building adults.

3/8/07
Deciphering the State of the Union -- what it means for the classroom.

2/26/07
Educators speak on the importance of global education.

2/2/07
Education expert speaks on global learning.

2/2/07
The Vaughn Next Century Learning Center's principle discusses the value of after-school programs.

2/2/07
NEA president Reg Weaver calls on Congress to tailor NCLB for more diverse needs -- and fully fund the law, while they're at it.

2/2/07
The chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor discusses the future of the No Child Left Behind Act.

2/2/07
The chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor, discusses the future of the No Child Left Behind Act.

2/2/07
Successful educational projects that focus on the community share key characteristics.

2/2/07
Project-based learning has the potential to become one of the most useful and defensible instructional strategies of this age.

2/2/07
"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." -- Albert Einstein

2/1/07
A project-based-learning teacher and coach writes about "the most effective tool for organizing content and motivating students to think hard."

2/1/07
The recently retired superintendent of Boston Public Schools responds to questions from Edutopia readers.

2/1/07
This Milwaukee Journal Sentinel education reporter exposes racial disparity and more in America's school-choice capital.

2/1/07
Three experts discuss how computers, handhelds, and software can be applied to student evaluation.

1/29/07
Renowned educators discuss key issues about assessment.

1/29/07
The new challenge: No underprivileged child left behind.

1/24/07
Kudos for IBO.

1/24/07
Through dramatic work, students acquire tools for forming clear personal objectives, learn rhetorical strategies to achieve those objectives, and recognize when those strategies have succeeded or failed.

1/24/07
Too often, the wind is blowing in our face, the conditions are not quite right, and the craft we're piloting seems terribly flimsy. Yet, when it goes airborne, incredible changes result.

12/11/06
The IB movement sets the focus on younger classrooms.

12/11/06
Educating a vast student body for modern times, using a system built on five not-so-easy pieces.

12/6/06
The executive director of the National Association of State Boards of Education talks about the real stakeholders in school systems -- the students.

10/19/06
A former teacher stands by her assignments.

10/19/06
Why homework is a pointless and outdated habit.

10/19/06
More educators seek the potential, not the peril, in the controversial act.

10/19/06
In the country's most alternative classrooms, there's no such thing as a report card.

10/19/06
The 2006 Teacher of the Year on the best educational practices for the classroom, the school, the district, the state, and the nation.

10/19/06
Our concept of a community school must evolve -- rapidly and intelligently.

10/18/06
As NCLB gains momentum, schools and communities must fight against narrowing curriculums.

10/18/06
Thomas Payzant, the outgoing head of the Boston Public Schools, talks about how to best attract -- and keep -- school leaders.

10/18/06
Through teamwork and testing, a struggling school bounces back.

10/18/06
First, see what students really need. Then we can figure out how to fix our schools.

10/18/06
The author encourages us to think before we believe.

4/2/06
Tests don't just measure absorption of facts. They teach what we value.

4/2/06
How does your school district measure up?

3/21/06
A Seattle school excites students with the promise of an interconnected world.

3/1/06
Thoughts on adolescent literacy.

3/1/06
Once thought to corrode reading skills, computers are a key tool in improving them.

2/1/06
Go online for data about local schools.

2/1/06
At JEB Stuart High School, students can't wait to hit the books. How'd that happen?

2/1/06
As reading skills falter, educators push to improve adolescent literacy.

2/1/06
Students no longer have to agonize while waiting for test results.

12/2/05
Learning to appreciate numbers.

12/2/05
Daydreamers thrive when teachers recognize their learning styles -- and emotional needs.

12/2/05
Civics program inspires high school kids before and after graduation.

10/23/05
FAQs about the challenge of setting up a school-to-job program.

10/23/05

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