by Sarah Green | Mar 5, 2014 | Parent Issues, Profiles, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Amplify is a relatively new player in the digital education movement, already serving more than 3 million students and 200,000 educators in all 50 states. Amplify is hoping to close the gap in achievement between America and the rest of the world by strengthening...
by Sarah Green | Mar 3, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Welcome to high school – in the third grade. Elementary schools across America are turning to specialized classes after second grade (and in some schools, kindergarten) to increase time spent on subjects like math and reading. Departmentalizing classes, also known as...
by Sarah Green | Feb 28, 2014 | News, Profiles
In recent years, there has been a major increase in awareness about the state of education abroad, namely in the Middle East. Courageous female education activists such as Malala Yousafzai have risked their lives in order to bring education reform to the forefront,...
by Sarah Green | Feb 28, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Teacher Issues
In 1998 California passed Proposition 227 which states that bilingual students cannot learn to read and write in any language other than English. Sixteen years later certain parts of the state, San Francisco in particular, have found loopholes around the law that are...
by Sarah Green | Feb 26, 2014 | Parent Issues, Profiles, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Renaissance Learning began in 1984 when Judi and Terry Paul wanted their kids to read more books. Today the company sells the world’s most widely used reading software with more than 20 million students and teachers using their products. Google Capital recently...
by Sarah Green | Feb 24, 2014 | Parent Issues, Teacher Issues
Much debate has been had on the value of charter schools and whether they help, or hurt, public education. But during the battle of charter schools (and vouchers for that matter) one thing has been hiding inconspicuously in the background: magnet schools. Magnet...
by Sarah Green | Feb 21, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Teacher Issues
During his campaign, Bill de Blasio, now NYC’s newest mayor, said that charter schools with more money should be required to pay rent, one part of his plan to restructure school systems locally. Now putting his ideas into action, many of the city’s charter schools are...
by Sarah Green | Feb 20, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Teacher Issues
The list of pros and cons for online education is long, and it’s something we’ve written about before on Supporting Education. Whether for better or worse, it’s looking more and more like technology and online education will play a vast role in education of the...
by Sarah Green | Feb 19, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
With all the pushes for more tech in the classroom, many teachers are finding themselves with technology that they don’t know how best to utilize. Which apps or programs should be used on an iPad, for example? Young children can be especially hard to plan for. Storia...
by Sarah Green | Feb 17, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
On 2/5 in Alexandria, Va., Michelle Obama spoke with a group of high school students and told them not to let financial worries stop them from getting a college education. The first lady encouraged the students to “fill out the forms” and utilize federal student aid...
