This is Lauren Drazen's tenth year teaching Chinese at Hall High School, one of the two public high schools in West Hartford, Connecticut. Hall offers Chinese in grades 9–12, in levels I through AP.
On a recent afternoon in June, a line of kids between the ages of 5 and 13 snaked back from the door at the edge of classroom at St. Anthony's Catholic School in East Oakland, California. Some jumped ...
Did you know that as per DataforIndia, a staggering majority of Indians above the age of 25 were either illiterate or have only completed primary education? Shocking, right? Well, education isn’t just ...
Summer officially begins this week and across the country, children are forgetting the lessons they learned last school year. Summer learning loss has the worst impact on children who are already ...
Traditional training methods, such as long lectures, boring modules, and passive information delivery, often fail. Such approaches can quickly be overly dreary for the employees, leaving them mentally ...
One of the ways we can make learning more impactful for children is to engage more than one sense while teaching. By adding the extra element of shaving cream or sand, you are adding touch and smell ...
Music is the universal language. It fills us with emotion and fosters imagination. What is the place of music in education, especially at a time when the arts are being severely cut from many ...
People who work with kids know how difficult it is to keep them engaged with online learning content. Creative Galileo keeps children hooked by adding in their favorite cartoon characters. The ...
For quite some time now, American educators have been pushing the idea that it is important to make learning "fun". This is a damaging concept. To understand why, just ask yourself a simple question: ...
SUMMER SCHOOL DESIGNED THROUGH THE LENSES OF STUDENTS. THAT’S THE IDEA BEHIND OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOL’S NEXT LEVEL LEARNING PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON TEACHING KIDS SCHOOL CURRICULUM WHILE KEEPING ...
History doesn’t have to be a dusty museum or a long list of dates, it can be a thrilling adventure that families actually enjoy. Around the world, certain historical sites have mastered the art of ...