Schools use tech to teach First Nations language | Does Montessori education improve outcomes? | University in Australia adopts Lego blocks in physics curriculum
A pilot programme to teach Hul'qami'num in elementary schools in British Columbia has grown so popular that educators have adopted technology to expand its reach. Students now can use an iPad to access an iBook that shows students the Hul'qami'num word associated with various images.
Two recent studies consider whether a Montessori education is more beneficial to students than a traditional education. Overall, the studies of students in Connecticut and the Netherlands show that the approach may benefit preschool students more than high-school students.
Teacher Starr Sackstein shares her #oneword to guide her in 2018: attentive. In this blog post, she shares how she plans to be attentive to the needs of students, educators and others this year.
A state in India will require that students learn the Kannada language in school beginning in the 2018-19 school year. The lessons will be mandatory beginning in Year 1, and students will be tested in Year 4.
A website simulates the difficulty that someone with dyslexia has reading. The site shows, among other things, how those with dyslexia view words and sentences that can shift in appearance.
The adoption of a digital library in one Indiana school district helped increase checkouts by 184%, according to library media specialist Kelly Hladek. Hladek's strategies include harnessing visuals to help engage more students, parents and community members in digital collections.
I avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.
Charlotte Bronte, writer
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