by Greg Toppo | Mar 22, 2014 | Articles
Parental concern about too much homework for their children may be misguided, according to new research suggesting that students’ homework burdens have barely changed in 30 years. The share of 17-year-olds who said they had one to two hours of homework on a... by Greg Toppo | Apr 16, 2013 | Articles
The new SimCity video game is intended to help promote student engagement and encourage them to consider careers in science, technology, engineering and math. An unprecedented agreement between two influential foundations, leading academics, two global testing firms... by Greg Toppo | Apr 13, 2013 | Articles
The debate on how to teach science in US public schools is promising to be a hot topic according to academic standards out Tuesday.”Next-generation” standards, having been in the works for two years now, push schools to teach fewer topics in a more... by Greg Toppo | Sep 13, 2012 | Blog
Teachers now are more likely than ever to be young and new to the profession, according to recent research. Some say there are benefits that come with a younger teaching force, including an increased familiarity with technology. “They’re going to have...
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