Perhaps no aspect of the American education system has seen more pressure to reform its practices than university-based teacher preparation. Facing intensifying and often critical scrutiny, reform oriented universities are radically transforming the way their graduates are prepared for teaching. In the new report Pursuing Excellence in Teacher Preparation: Evidence of . . .
Earlier this month nearly 200 students, parents, activists, and educators gathered at AED to take a stand in an event called Bullying is NOT a Rite of Passage . . .
Challenges of school reading lists and literary materials are common throughout the United States, and censorship is a critical issue facing schools today. Rather than challenging the school system, one New Jersey family has found their own solution for dealing with banned books together . . .
Check out this infographic profiling the use of social networking and social media tools for new ways of learning . . .
Can education bring real changes to society and how? Can a proper investment in education lead to the eradication of poverty and to the attainment of the MDGs? Can education help realize people’s human rights? . . .
Facebook users can now complete an MBA on the social networking site, through the London School of Business and Finance (LSBF) . . .
With education in the domestic policy spotlight, I think it is worth stepping back and asking: what is the purpose of public education? . . .
Pesticide handling and safety is the one of the most important environmental and occupational health training needs among farmworkers. Through the W.K. Kellogg Foundation-funded Safe and Healthy Children Initiative, AED is helping address pediatric environmental health in migrant and seasonal farmworker children . . .
Washington D.C.’s new federally-assisted school dinner program and a brief history of school food services in America . . .
AED was represented as a lead applicant and official partner among the highest rated applications in the 2010 Department of Education Investing in Innovation (i3) competition . . .
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