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Education Heartbreaker: It’s Not You, It’s Poverty

By Shannon Sweetser On December 1, 2010 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Education: General, Education: Industry, In The News, Socrato: System, Teaching, Test Preparation, Testing, Tutoring
It sounds like something from a bad breakup. “It’s not you, its poverty.” Or, at least, that’s what some education reform advocates, including Stephen Krashen, are saying about student performance. A contributor for the Schools Matter blog, Krashen believes that our country performs poorly on international test results such as the PIRLS because, compared with [...]
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How to Solve Tough EdTech Problems: 5 Education Articles to Start Your Week

By Shannon Sweetser On November 29, 2010 · Add Comment · In Content, Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, In The News, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring
Challenges are life’s little lesson plans, and teachers, tutors and education consultants get their fair share of them in the workplace. Their problems range from communicating properly with IT personnel, working with tighter and tighter budgets, and continuing to promote edtech in the classroom when even though many are constantly seeking to protect children from [...]
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Why Tutors Should Fight Student Idleness with Technology

By Shannon Sweetser On November 17, 2010 · 2 Comments · In Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Technology, In The News, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring, Tutoring
Imagine that you’re tutoring one of your students. As you’re working with them on a problem, you start to notice that they’re not quite…there. You try to bring their concentration back to the work at hand, but despite your best efforts the student just will not focus. He/she just keeps looking out the window and [...]
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5 Education Articles to Start Your Week: The Rise of Online Education

By Shannon Sweetser On November 15, 2010 · 6 Comments · In Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, In The News, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring
Our universities were once the safe houses of the most progressive teachers and minds in the world. As we covered a couple of weeks ago in our top 5 education articles of the week, private educational resources in universities are simply dwarfed by Internet resources which are free or affordable for students. In an article [...]
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Warning: Learning Expectations Can Vary Dramatically by State

By Shannon Sweetser On November 3, 2010 · 1 Comment · In Assessments, Education: General, Education: Industry, In The News, Testing
Imagine 2 people have learned to make a birdhouse in two different states from a different instructor. After they take the birdhouse-builder’s standardized test, we line up the birdhouses and take a look. According to the birdhouse building manual for Massachusetts, which is where the builder is from, one birdhouses is missing a few key [...]
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5 Education Articles to Start Your Week: The End of Textbooks As We Know It

By Shannon Sweetser On November 1, 2010 · 3 Comments · In Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, In The News, Teaching
In this week”s 5 Education Articles to Start Your Week, we examine news articles which mark a drastic shift in a school technology policy. Many American colleges are shying away from the print editions of books in favor of e-books. Fourth graders are enjoying up to two hours on their laptops during the school day [...]
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9 Technology Factors to Improve Education Success in Schools

By Shannon Sweetser On October 28, 2010 · 2 Comments · In Education Techology, Education: Technology, In The News, Socrato: System, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring
In this week’s 5 Education Articles to Start Your Week, we pointed out some interesting articles and studies which zeroed in on engaging students with technology. One particular article which caught our eye was about the Project RED (Revolutionizing Education) research team”s recent findings on education; it really energized us about the benefits technology can [...]
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5 Education Articles to Start Your Week: If You Give a Student a Cell Phone…

By Shannon Sweetser On October 25, 2010 · 5 Comments · In Education Techology, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, In The News, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring
This week in “What You Missed in Education,” we remember the famous children’s book, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie… Do you know what happens when you give a mouse a cookie? The classic children’s book claims, “If you give a mouse a cookie, he’s gonna want a glass of milk.” However, what about [...]
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Study Finds New Orleans’ Student Performance Doubled After Katrina

By Shannon Sweetser On October 21, 2010 · 3 Comments · In Education: General, In The News, Testing
After the initial aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, it was difficult to predict how it would change the lives of students in New Orleans. After all, when your city is in shambles and many livelihoods rely on the rebuilding process, I’m sure it’s hard to imagine going back to school and returning to normal life ever [...]
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5 Articles in Education You Missed this Week: Universities, School Funding and Print Books Under Fire

By Shannon Sweetser On October 18, 2010 · 4 Comments · In In The News, Teaching
If you’re in the education industry, chances are that you are walking a balancing act between the old methods of teaching and learning and a changing world that is full of distraction and wonder for young people. This week we take a look at some articles, studies and statistics which paint a picture of the [...]
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