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Center for Educational Improvement
Apr 23, 20123 min read
Apps for iPad (and a Few for Tablets, Too)
Notability is one of several iPad apps for taking notes. Notes can be hand-written, with or without a stylus. You can import pics from...
Center for Educational Improvement
Apr 22, 20123 min read
Finding Inspiration in Developing World Mobile Learning: Success Stories and Lessons Learned
The test scores of girls living in an insecure region of Pakistan saw a dramatic rise after they began using SMS to communicate with...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jan 19, 20121 min read
The Pursuit
I have been focused recently on best practices in education and have been reflecting on some of the teachers and schools that have...
Center for Educational Improvement
Nov 2, 20111 min read
Learning and Young Children
I recently returned from a visit to an international school in Dubai. One of the most impressive things I observed was the respect that...
Center for Educational Improvement
Oct 13, 20111 min read
Rigor and Waivers
Could it be that providing a NCLB waiver will result in greater rigor? What will states propose to do to demonstrate that they are...
Center for Educational Improvement
Sep 15, 20111 min read
Global Competence
During my last visit to India in 2009, I again visited several schools’”this time to look for the best practices in International...
Center for Educational Improvement
Aug 18, 20112 min read
Visioning the Future of Schools….Visioning the Future
How closely is the future of schools correlated with the future for all globally? Any guesses? What are the 5 top trends in education...
Center for Educational Improvement
Aug 8, 20112 min read
The Future of Education
“The times they are a change ‘n'” and they are continuing to change. Last year it was the Common Core Standards, Race to the Top, and...
Center for Educational Improvement
Jul 7, 20111 min read
Technology, Differentiation & the Future of Education
If you are not on board the technology train, it has left the station, I encourage you to get students involved in making decisions about...
Center for Educational Improvement
Apr 7, 20112 min read
Testing and Common Core
The “moment of truth” is arriving as students across the country are taking standardized state assessments. Teachers and administrators...
Center for Educational Improvement
Mar 19, 20113 min read
Drawing Students into the World of Literature
As a teacher of urban youth I have often been challenged with getting my students to read literature that they may not have been exposed...
Center for Educational Improvement
Feb 20, 20113 min read
The U.S. is Playing Catch-Up: Education in Singapore and Finland
According to the 2009 Program for Student Assessement (PISA) given by the Organziation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),...
Center for Educational Improvement
Dec 14, 20101 min read
Thoughts on Reteaching
However, far too many teachers begin reteaching using standard review techniques. Often teachers go back over previous pages in texts....
Center for Educational Improvement
Nov 21, 20104 min read
Getting the Down Dog into Schools: Yoga in the Classroom
What is Yoga? Originated in ancient India, Yoga typically means ‘union’ between the mind, body and spirit. It involves the practice of...
Center for Educational Improvement
Oct 24, 20102 min read
Putting Wow! in your Classroom: Teaching as a Performing Art
Many of the great teachers ‘“ from Socrates to the Ron Clark’s of recent years ‘“ have known how to capture and keep an audience. They...
Center for Educational Improvement
Sep 30, 20102 min read
Co-Teaching with Technology
Dr. Mason, the Executive Director of CEI, is researching integrating technology and co-teaching as another way of helping students attain...
Center for Educational Improvement
Sep 30, 20102 min read
District Implements Co-Teaching
Click here to read the article associated with this blog-post. Journal Times, Wisconsin- Schools in Racine, Wis., are using co-teaching...
Center for Educational Improvement
Sep 27, 20102 min read
Providing Experiences
In yoga we are taught that experience is essential. The benefits of doing yoga far exceed the gains that occur from merely reading about...
Center for Educational Improvement
Aug 30, 20101 min read
Differentiating Instruction Checklist
According to Dr. Carol Ann Tomlinson, an advocate of differentiated instruction and the creating of heterogeneous classrooms,...
Center for Educational Improvement
Aug 25, 20101 min read
Using Smart Phones to Teach Math
A research base d approach (Project K-Nect) in North Carolina that has resulted in improvement in Algebra scores. While students are...
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