Texas legislators push aid to middle schoolers 9.7.10 - Last year, minority children made up nearly 67 percent of the pre-K through 12th-grade public school enrollment in Texas. Nearly 59 percent of the state's 4.8 million students came from low-income families.
Options abound for students to make up coursework 9.7.10 - Back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth and children walked to school -- uphill both ways -- students who failed a class had two options: Retake it next year and risk being held back, or brave the sweaty halls of summer school.
How to guarantee active learning? (Or, manipulatives vs. PowerPoint) 9.7.10 - Daniel Willingham - Cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham starts his discussion about active learning with a quiz, and then talks about how manipulatives have been oversold and PowerPoint sometimes unfairly criticized.
