The Teen Brain: How Schools Can Help Students Manage Emotions and Make Better Decisions
October 09, 2018Source: Education Week
Adolescence tends to be seen by parents—and many teachers—with dread. Teenagers are likelier to engage in risky behaviors and disengage from school. But emerging cognitive and neuroscience...
Many State ESSA Plans Minimize Performance of Vulnerable Students, Report Finds
September 24, 2018Source: Education Week
Many state accountability plans for the Every Student Succeeds Act don’t do a great job of incorporating the performance of vulnerable subgroups of students, such as racial minorities,...
Perkins Act Given Another 6 Years of Life
August 20, 2018Source: Campus Technology
After six years of kicking around the official language for an updated Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education bill, Congress and the president have voted and signed the act into law.
STEM Starts Earlier Than You Think
July 24, 2018Source: Forbes
Former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise, who now leads the Alliance for Excellent Education, reflected that early childhood is a “critical developmental period,” but learning doesn’t end there.
“The Great Edtech Communicator”
July 24, 2018Source: EdTech Digest
Tom Murray, Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools, a project of All4Ed, was recently named “2018 EdTech Leader of the Year” by EdTech Digest.
How Does Funding for ESSA’s Testing Requirements Work?
July 23, 2018Source: Education Week
Education Week’s Politics K-12 regularly answers questions on different aspects of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). In response to a question about how the funding for ESSA’s testing...
Lubbock School Districts Perform Above National Graduation Rate Average
June 30, 2018Source: Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
According to the Alliance for Excellent Education, meeting the GradNation goal of a 90 percent high school graduation rate could create more than 65,000 new jobs and boost the gross domestic product...
ISTE 2018 Provides Megaphone for Edtech Groups
June 28, 2018Source: edscoop
Future Ready Schools, a coalition of numerous organizations led by the Alliance for Excellent Education (All4Ed), announced a new initiative, Future Ready Technology Leaders, to empower school and...
Report: Adolescent Learning Requires a New Science-Based Approach
June 21, 2018Source: THE Journal
There’s a science to adolescent learning, which addresses how the many changes — physical, emotional, social, intellectual and psychological — teenagers experience impact how they learn and...
States Are Failing to ‘Put Students’ Civil Rights First’ in ESSA Plans, Advocates Say
June 19, 2018Source: Education Week
States are flouting the Every Student Succeeds Act’s protections for vulnerable groups of children, and U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos letting them get away with it, leading civil...