Repost from Huffington Press Education. I have a problem with school and it is not just forcing myself out of bed every morning to go and sit through six hours of boringness. It’s not that I have to get ready just to see people whom I’m not too fond of and it’s also not fighting …
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My name is Spencer Dupont. I’m a 16-year-old student of the Lafayette Parish School System in Lafayette, Louisiana. I’ve spent a large part of my life attending the public schools here; growing older, I’ve noticed more and more flaws in the educational system. The fault of many of these flaws lies with both teachers and …
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Keaton Wadzinski’s Salutatorian Speech Transcript: Class of 2013, administration, friends, and family: Hi! I have worked for and with this school system for the past 13 years. My job has been to take in information, and process it–to collect dots and occasionally connect them. Even if I didn’t adore every second of my time at …
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About the Student Voice Google Hangouts Student Voice is launching an On Air Google Hangout series that will bring together students and other stakeholders in the education field for a face to face conversation. The hangouts will allow students to connect with their peers from across the globe and present action-oriented conversation to the Student …
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Repost from GOOD. Daily news stories and countless blog posts detail the state of learning, education, and schools in America. It is a fervent conversation, but it’s one led by adults: policymakers, school board members, school administrators, teachers, and parents. Despite the best intentions of adults, there is a critical aspect of transforming education that’s …
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Living in the western world, students are not always aware of the changes that are occurring in education internationally. With students that come from other parts of the globe, such as Katebah Alolefi from Yemen, education is just as important a topic as it is for many American-born students. Katebah, an American resident since 2003, …
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Repost from Edutopia by Rebecca Alber. With the end of the university year already here and with the high school year’s end rapidly approaching, what better topic to discuss than summer reading plans? Adults forget all that they do while reading. We are predicting, making connections, contextualizing, critiquing, and already plotting how we might use …
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Repost from Cooperative Catalyst: The role of a teacher is evolving. As industries, technologies, and the needs in the world change, so does our approach to preparing the next generation for their lives ahead of them. In the past, teachers presented information in an organized and systematic manner in order to distribute valuable information to …
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