Finalists for 2015-16 Md. Teacher of the Year
The Md. State Dept. of Education announced 7 finalists for this school year's Teacher of the Year. Here are the names.
Mistakes are better teachers than perfection
Maybe we learn more from our mistakes than we learn from getting things right from the beginning, new research suggests.
No change in NAEP 8th-grade social studies
NAEP has released data from the 2014 social studies examination for 8th graders in the US: no significant change from the results in 2010.
US to fight chronic absenteeism
The US Department of Education will develop a campaign to fight chronic absenteeism, and The Advertising Council gets the sole-source contract.
Rauner signs 2nd Vision 20/20 bill
Illinois has a new law that some educators in professional organizations hope will improve diversity and narrow the achievement gaps.
Which works better: Punishment or reward?
A simple experiment devised at Washington U. suggests punishment, even small, is more likely than reward to influence behavior.
Minority schools more likely to call the cops
Research at Penn State confirms that zero-tolerance is biased against blacks & minorities and may deprive them of needed care.
Lack of education as deadly as smoking
A new study links death to education differences. Variation in the risk of death across education levels has widened considerably.
Taxis with no drivers could help environment
Taxis with no drivers could yield save us in terms of protecting the environment & spurring the development of alternative energy.
Md. C.T.E. students finish well at national contest
A national SkillsUSA conference in Ky. for career and technical education (CTE) brought lots of career-motivated trophy-winners back to Maryland.