Education Reform: Newsletter, Issue #20, 10/14/12
Education Reform: Supporting Articles Validating the need for Education Reform
Education Reform – Learning Research: Search 950+ Unique Posts on learning, learning transfer, behavior change, learning technology, sales performance improvement, verbal skills simulation, personalized learning, blended learning and much, much more
Education Reform: Compiled by Tom McDonald, McDonald Sales and Marketing, LLC
1. U.S. Education Spending and Performance vs. The World [INFOGRAPHIC]
2. U.S. schools making little progress in improving student achievement
3. Statistics on American K-12 Public Education
4. John Stossel’s ‘Stupid in America’
5. U.S. Education Statistics Compared to Other Countries
6. U.S. Education Spending Compared to Other Countries
7. If America Spends More Than Most Countries Per Student, Then Why Are Its Schools So Bad?
8. Education in the United States
9. U.S. Can Learn From Other Countries’ Education Systems
10. NEAP Writing Proficiency 2011
11. In 7 Young People Are Not Working Or In School: Measure Of America Study
12. Calif. Poised to Spotlight ELLs Stalled in Schools
13. Studentsâ science proficiency all over the map
14. âAdvancedâ Students a Rarity in Science, NAEP Data Show
15. Reading Program Ineffective for Students
17. Boosting the Nation’s Economy by Improving High School Drop Out Rates
18. America cannot afford the stiff price of a dropout nation
19. About the Crisis
20. U.S. Education System in Crisis and Endangering the Nationâs Global Competitiveness: U.S. has a Serious Education & Skills Gap
21. U.S. Students Ill-Prepared for Working World
22. U.S. Reforms Out of Sync With High-Performing Nations, Report Finds
23. Pressure for school reform is buildingÂ
24. Learning Technology: Duncan Unveils Digital Promise Center
25. Why Kids Need Schools to Change
26. SAT reading scores hit a four-decade low
27. By the SAT Standard, Less Than Half of College-Bound Seniors Are Ready
28. Deep, Effective, Efficient, Learning, Transfer and Application
- Do Students Know Enough Smart Learning Strategies?Â
- Study Skills: Research Finds Students Short on Study Savvy
- Studies Find âEasyâ Material May Not Be Easy to Learn
- What You Know about Learning Retention Rates is Wrong
- Learning: Inventing a New Kind of College
- Learning: The Problem with Lecturing is that very Little Learning Occurs
- Learning: Rethinking the Way College Students Are Taught
- Studies Find Payoff in âPersonalizingâ Algebra
- Learning Strategies in 2012
- Problem Based Learning: What and How Do Students Learn?
- Brain Based: Why The Left-Brain Right-Brain Myth Will Probably Never Die
- Learning Styles: The Myth of Learning StylesÂ
- Video Learning: Learning Research on Video LearningÂ
- Working Memory Training: Studies Dispute Benefits of Brain TrainingÂ
- Learning Research: Whatâs Learning Research Good For?
- Lectures: Leaving Lectures Behind
- Retrieval Practice: Active Retrieval Promotes Meaningful Learning Â
- Distributed Practice: Ten Benefits of Testing and Their Applications to Educational Practice
- Learning Theories Â
- Digital Learning should be Personalized Learning
- Education Technology: Questioning Our Mania for Education TechnologyÂ
- Learning: The Trouble With Homework
- Cognition
- Cognitive Load: What is Cognitive Load?
- Memory Consolidation
- Memory Principals
- Distributed Practice
- Spaced Repetition
- Differentiated Instruction
- Brain Rules: The Twelve Brain Rules
- Learning Research: Pile on the Learning, Easy on the Technology
- Brain Based Teaching Strategies to Build Executive Function in Students (Part 4 of 7)
- Memory: How Memory Works, an Infographic
- Education Reform: Stop Telling Students to Study for Exams
- Gamification: Why Games Donât Teach
- Learning Technology: Project RED – Ed-tech group IDs ways to help boost achievement
- Learning Organization: The Importance of Learning in Organizations
- Teacher Coaching: Different Strategies for âTeacher Coachingâ in Top Charters
- Adaptive Learning: Personalized Adaptive Learning Systems
- Learning: Teach Them How to Learn
- The Education Week Spotlight on Deeper Learning
- Brain Learn: How Does Our Brain Learn New Information?
- eLearning Guild Research: What Are the Benefits of Social Learning?
- Pedagogy vs. Andragogy
- Learning: Traditional Learning vs. Accelerated Learning
- Brain Based Learning: 12 Design Principles Based on Brain Based Learning Research
- Engage Brain: 5 Ways to Create Interactive Slides
29. US Department of Education
- The High School Graduation Initiative (HSGI)
- The Rural Dropout Problem: An Invisible Achievement Gap
- Why Rural Matters 2011-2012 – The condition of Rural Education in the 50 States
- Dropout Prevention Services and Programs in Public School Districts:2010-11
- Education Reform: U.S. ED Unveils $290 Million in Performance-Pay Grants
30. Chicago Study Finds Mixed Results for AVID Program
31. Tennessee Teachers Find It Hard To Make The Grade
32. Chicago Teachersâ Strike Hurts our Kids
33. iPads and Computer Tablets in the Classroom
34. Study finds Pittsburgh principals in classrooms more often
35. California High School Exit Examination (CAHSEE)
36. Beneath Strife in Chicago, a School District’s Financial Tailspin
37. Requests for a Better Educational System:
- College Knowledge Challenge
- Goldman Sachs Essay Contest for Innovation in US Education
- Education Dept. collecting ideas for improving college success
- Won’t Back Down
- Review, Won’t Back Down, The Movie
- WBD Toolkit
40. The 5 most educated countries in the world
41. Report: Most Michigan Teachers Ace Reviews
42. Oregon Ed. Official: Results for English-Learners ‘Unacceptable’
43. Education Dept. OKs New Comprehensive Centers for Districts
44. $250M investment aims to boost graduation with ed tech
45. U.S. makes modest gains in graduation rates
46. Door to door for student success
47. Universities Must Adapt or Die in the eLearning World
48. Digital Learning â Report: Federal action needed to expand digital learning
49. Former El Paso school chief gets over 3 years in test scandal
50. Educational Technology: Two Models for Educational Technology
51. Education Reform â Study: Online Learning Outcomes Similar to Classroom Results
52. Eight economic facts about education
53. Report: Some Oregon schools improve, others persist in failure