3.2.10 – Kelly Gallagher – On a recent cross-country flight, I found myself sitting next to the president of a multimillion dollar computer software company. To keep his business competitive, he told me, his organization regularly recruits employees from top universities.

3.1.10 – Larry Lewin – It is time—actually past time—to address critical-thinking and analytic-response skills in our classrooms. The pendulum is ready to swing from overreliance on rote learning and prepping for standardized tests to preparing students to be 21st century thinkers. And thank goodness; our world needs students who can read texts critically, not just fill in bubbles.

3.1.10 – The Michigan Department of Education wants public schools to think outside the classroom about ways to improve quality without necessarily spending more. Think online education. Think performance pay. Think consolidation.

2.23.10 – Not only is the University of California, San Diego a leader in cutting-edge research and academic excellence, it is also a training site for national—and world—leaders. This winter, President Obama announced the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Initiative, calling for a series of nationwide programs to educate and inspire students to excel in science and math, especially underrepresented groups

2.14.10 – Deborah Stevenson – Did you know? Most people are unfamiliar with our U.S. Constitution and take its meaning for granted.

2.12.10 – William M. Ferriter – I've got an embarrassing confession to make: Until recently, I wasn't convinced that differentiating learning opportunities for students really mattered.

2.12.10 – vCarl Glickman – Noted education writer and speaker Carl Glickman recounts how, as a high school student with a stutter, he dreaded teachers calling on him in class.

2.11.10 – Amy Baeder – Teachers rarely live in the same neighborhoods as their students and the natural connections that once came from living nearby have eroded.

2.11.10 – Eric Sparks, Janet L. Johnson and Patrick Akos – To design effective dropout prevention programs, schools need to know who drops out, and why.

2.11.10 – Kathleen Cushman – Kathleen Cushman spent a year interviewing 150 ordinary U.S. teenagers about how they got good at some particular pursuit.

2.11.10 – Lee Ann Jung and Thomas R. Guskey – Teachers often grapple with the challenge of giving report card grades to students with learning disabilities and English language learners.

2.11.10 – Carol Ann Tomlinson – Great teachers approach their craft with humility.

2.11.10 _ Robyn R. Jackson – Starting where your students are means understanding how currencies are negotiated and traded in the classroom. Any behavior that students use to acquire the knowledge and skills needed in the classroom functions as currency.

2.11.10 – Marge Scherer – "Teaching is the most difficult profession of them all," educator Lee Shulman recently told a group of teachers and psychologists.

2.10.10 – Tim Sullivan – In my seat, I hear every day from parent group leaders desperately trying to get more parents involved in their groups. Parent involvement is the most searched term on our PTOtoday.com Web site.

Alexandria, VA—February 4, 2010—When most people talk about how to improve education, they tend to focus only on what happens in the classroom. But elementary principals, who are the key instructional leaders in the learning process, report in a new Gallup poll that the most unexpected opportunity to boost learning may exist on the playground at recess.

2.4.1 – Faculty governance has been under serious attack across the country in recent years. Some of the threats are obvious; others are not. Some are directly connected to one another; others are linked only by their ultimate effects. In Parts 1 and 2,

2.2.10 – "I can't thank you enough for all that you have done in putting together this contest–what a great way to promote mathematics!"

1..30.10 – President Barack Obama recently called for investing in effective after-school programs, summer school, and adding days to the school year in order to increase the amount of time American children spend learning.