It’s been an exciting few months here at Teach.com since we launched the Teach 100, the first tool of its kind to rank the best educational blogs according to vital metrics that assess a site’s performance. Because the Teach 100 updates daily, the rankings are always changing depending on how the blogs are doing. The result is a current, comprehensive assessment of the blogs in comparison to one another.
We’ve received overwhelmingly positive responses from all of you in the educational blogosphere. Each day we see new submissions from around the world, so our number of rankings continues to grow. We began with 127 blogs at our launch, and we now rank 280 blogs. Readers and bloggers alike are using the Teach 100 as a place to connect with some of the most vocal minds in education for mult…
This blog was originally published on Wonder of Children on September 17, 2012.
Lisa Wells has taught for 20 years in independent schools in MA, NY and MD. She currently writes a blog on child development, teaches yoga and tries to spend as much time with her two high schoolers as they will allow. Lisa’s committed to knowing each learner as an individual, creating a classroom community where the social curriculum is interwoven with the academic fabric and sharing her work with yoga and meditation with teachers and students. As a consulting teacher for the Northeast Found…
This blog was originally published on Finding Common Ground at Education Week by Peter DeWitt on March 26th, 2013 1:16 PM.
Why are only some students allowed to have the best school experiences of their lives when others are kicked to the curb?
Last week, the Supreme Court dove into what marriage means in America. They looked at Proposition 8, which is a ban on gay marriage in California, and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which is a law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
For some people, it's another story in the media that t…
The Florida Comprehensive Achievement Test (FCAT) results are in, and according to the scores, Florida charter schools are outperforming their public school counterparts.
The results come amidst much speculation regarding charter school success in the nation, with groups questioning the abilities of charter schools to provide commensurate education for students while other groups have pushed for an increase in charter schools, going as far as to propose the privatization of education.
While charter school success varies widely amongst different states and even counties, one thing is clear: Florida charter schools are proving their worth.
