by admin | May 29, 2014 | Ed311 Blog
Who doesn’t have fond memories of the children’s television show Reading Rainbow? A quick poll of the office here couldn’t find a single naysayer. In just 24 hours the Kickstarter campaign has raised over $1 million. (At the time of this post, it was...
by admin | May 19, 2014 | Ed311 Blog
Learning is something people, like other animals, do whenever our eyes are open. Education, though, is uniquely human, and right now it’s at an unusual point of flux. By some accounts, education is a ripe for disruption. Others see it as almost a sacred pursuit...
by admin | May 12, 2014 | Ed311 Blog
Bob Fecho, a University of Georgia professor in the Language and Literacy Education Department, and Stephanie Jones, a UGA associate professor in the Department of Educational Theory and Practice, sent me a passionate piece about the standardization of education and...
by admin | Apr 22, 2014 | Ed311 Blog, Uncategorized
The federal government spends almost $8 billion on preschool programs across the country, mostly on low income 4-year-olds. States spend billions more. But with at least 30 states planning to expand access to pre-K and President Obama promoting “preschool for...
by admin | Apr 2, 2014 | Ed311 Blog
More than 25,000 parents, students and educators are expected to converge on the Oklahoma Capitol on Monday to rally for more money for public education. Organizers hope to persuade legislators to reverse years of cuts to the state’s schools, said Linda Hampton,...
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