21st Century Education Initiative - "You Should Care..."

Middle and high school science and mathematics instructors are invited to fill out a short application online at: https://pages.samsung.com/us/sft/home.htm

We recently asked readers: "If there was one policy/rule that you’d like to have waived for your school/district/state, what would it be and why?" Here are our readers’ top responses.

The schools are a departure from traditional vocational high schools because incoming freshmen could be enrolled for up to six years and leave school with an associate’s degree and specialized training. Graduates also will be given preference for entry-level jobs at IBM.

Kids decide what they want to learn.

Incorporating technology to enhance student learning and creating teams of stakeholders to drive innovation in all school endeavors are two of a handful of best practices that educators from across the nation shared during a recent webinar on how to develop engaging learning environments.

How can schools accurately measure and categorize a student’s 21st-century skills?

Brains, Guts, Eyes, Ear, Muscles and Bones…Oh My!

Twenty-one high schools in four states are working this fall to restructure their academic programs into "lower division" and "upper division" courses that are aimed at readying all students for community college by the end of their sophomore year.

A concerted effort to reach the children who had fallen behind in core subjects, and who often came from the population of children living in poverty – at 40 percent, high even by Montana standards.

It’s the latest way that technology is changing teachers’ jobs — in this case it’s literally turning their workday upside-down. But teachers say flipped, or upside-down, classes offer greater control of material and more face time with students.