While we live in a market-driven economy, where winning and wealth accumulation are desired outcomes, education advocates on all sides of the political aisle currently assert that public schools are failing our children, especially minor...

By Sharon P. Robinson, Ed.D., President and CEO of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) AACTE's recent report The Changing Teacher Preparation Profession: A Report From AACTE's Professional Educat...

By Richard L. Valenta, Ed.D., Board Member for the American Association of School Personnel Administrators (AASPA) and Director of Personnel Services for Birdville ISD Several researchers have affirmed the importance of both the engageme...

Today the Learning First Alliance (LFA) and Grunwald Associates, with the support of AT&T, are releasing a report, Living and Learning with Mobile Devices, that documents survey results of parents’ attitudes and perceptions of the value ...

By Stephanie Hirsh, Executive Director of Learning Forward I was at a conference and during a discussion period had the opportunity to dialogue with colleagues — we were seating ourselves according to our interests as indicated by table ...

We're over a decade into the 21st-century and schools across the country are working tirelessly to ensure students are prepared for whatever lies ahead. Rapid changes are afoot in demographic shifts and in the continuing development...

By Nora Howley, Manager of Programs, NEA Health Information Network School safety is more than just having a plan. It’s a process that needs to involve the whole school community. LaPorte Community School Corporation is a rural school di...

By Kwok-Sze Wong, Ed.D., Executive Director of the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) When I tell people I work with school counselors, they invariably say something like, "My school counselor did nothing for me. He told me not...

By Betty Edwards, Chair of the Special Olympics Project UNIFY® National Education Leaders Network The film “Cipher in the Snow,” a true story written in 1964 by teacher/guidance counselor Jean Mizer, tells the story of an ostracized teen...

Ten years ago, I attended one professional development session on using e-mail and another on using PowerPoint. These are both tools I learned about in high school and used extensively in college. I was annoyed at these wastes of my ti...