iPads can be used to house digital textbooks, watch videos, manipulate images, create podcasts and more. The sky is the limit. But how does this actually connect to learning objectives in the...
Heather Neal - Wednesday, October 3, 2012 - 10:02am
PBS Learning Media has made a wealth of Election 2012 resources available for classroom use. These tools will help students better understand the political process, the importance of issues to...
A few years from now paper textbooks should be obsolete. That’s the prediction and desire of Education Secretary Arne Duncan. Addressing the National Press Club yesterday, Duncan pointed out that...
The presidential debates are airing live on GPB starting Wednesday October 3 at 9 PM. Here’s the schedule.
The debates are another way to involve students in how the election process works. There...
A recent article from Huffington Post's Education section featured a Georgia Kindergarten teacher who has achieved millionaire status. Intrigued? Me too.
According to the article, Deanna Jump's...
There's a new movie about education that indulges our fantasies on how to fix our ailing schools. It's called "Won't Back Down" and it's about two teacher/parents who campaign to turn their failing...
Yun Mi Park - Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 4:50pm
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Yun Mi Park - Wednesday, September 26, 2012 - 4:25pm
Angelique recently reached out to us as a result of hearing Southern Education Desk features on GPB radio. She is an educator who has experience as a homeschooling, public schooling, and private...
I was bummed that Mayim Bialik didn’t win the best supporting actress EMMY this weekend. I thought it would have been really cool for Mayim to win because she doesn’t just play a nerdy neuro...