November 7, 2012
National News
Education Week
Report: Scrap one-size-fits-all approach to teaching ELLs
A new Alliance for Excellent Education policy brief offers recommendations for how state policy governing curriculum, assessment, and teacher preparation could be improved to support the changes in classroom practices that English-learners will need to tackle...
Finish Your 1st Year of College in High School
Do you remember your senior year of high school? I do. I was an active student. I participated in track, the Broadcasting Club, and National Honor Society—and I enjoyed every minute of those activities. Yet, academically, there was something missing. Some people call it “senioritis.” For me, it was plain boredom. I longed for...
Helping After Sandy
Having grown up on the Jersey Shore, it was tough to watch CNN and see the twisted, semi-submerged, remains of the roller coaster I used to ride in my summers in Seaside Heights.
This weekend, my mom, in her eighties, was sharing a cup of coffee with us, unable to return to her home in Red Bank after a week of no power or heat. When we...