Key point: The earthquake in Nepal has left nearly a million students without schools to attend. The remaining schools with infrastructures still intact are used as shelter, and UNICEF has intervened and provided education for students that have been displaced. More than 24,000 school have been damaged or destroyed, and UNICEF's director fear that with the displacement of students they will eventually drop out of school all together versus reenter once the buildings have been rebuilt.
http://www.bbc.com/news/education-32591290
Key point: In a recent survey posted in the UK, schools have been found to be lacking resource for students that are partially deaf. Students with hearing problems are not performing up to par, and are often overlooked in the classroom. Due to their hearing problem and assisted hearing aids, they often need to be placed in a speech optimal area of a classroom.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-32381815
Key point: In Germany, a famous orchestra group has moved into the same campus as a secondary school that was falling behind. Ever since the cohabitation last year, the school drop out rate has decreased by 1%, and students as well as the community has transformed.
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/summers-off-myth-heather-wolpert-gawron
Key Point: Summer is around the corner and a teacher has taken initiative to publish an article debunking the glorious rumor that teachers had three months off for the summer!
http://www.edutopia.org/practice/learning-expeditions-rethinking-field-trips
Learning Expeditions: Rethinking Field Trips
Key Point: In Chattanooga, Tennessee a school revolutionizes the ideas of field trip by having them become "learning expeditions". Through these learning expeditions, community outings involve the curriculum that they are learning in school. These trips are short, and can range from begin half an hour to two hours long.
http://www.bbc.com/news/education-32591290
Key point: In a recent survey posted in the UK, schools have been found to be lacking resource for students that are partially deaf. Students with hearing problems are not performing up to par, and are often overlooked in the classroom. Due to their hearing problem and assisted hearing aids, they often need to be placed in a speech optimal area of a classroom.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-32381815
Key point: In Germany, a famous orchestra group has moved into the same campus as a secondary school that was falling behind. Ever since the cohabitation last year, the school drop out rate has decreased by 1%, and students as well as the community has transformed.
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/summers-off-myth-heather-wolpert-gawron
Publisehd July 20, 2014
The Myth of Having Summers Off
Key Point: Summer is around the corner and a teacher has taken initiative to publish an article debunking the glorious rumor that teachers had three months off for the summer!
http://www.edutopia.org/practice/learning-expeditions-rethinking-field-trips
Learning Expeditions: Rethinking Field Trips
Key Point: In Chattanooga, Tennessee a school revolutionizes the ideas of field trip by having them become "learning expeditions". Through these learning expeditions, community outings involve the curriculum that they are learning in school. These trips are short, and can range from begin half an hour to two hours long.
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