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News, Articles and Community for district-level decision makers in K-12 education. Magazine published monthly, with daily news and blogs and online content. Archives available.

Professional Learning Community (PLC). An ongoing process in which educators work collaboratively to achieve better results for the students they serve.

"The world may be full of problems, but students presenting projects for Introduction to Creative Studies have uncovered a bunch you probably haven't thought of. "

News, Articles and Community for district-level decision makers in K-12 education. Magazine published monthly, with daily news and blogs and online content. Archives available.

Describing her high school experience in the United States, a Finnish exchange student put it this way: "It was like elementary school in Finland." Sixteen-year-old Elina wasn't the only foreign visitor to think schools here are ridiculously easy. Surveys show about 90 percent of international students believe classes are easier in the United States than at home.

Editor's note: Ben Wildavsky is director of higher education studies at the Rockefeller Institute of Government, State University of New York, and policy professor at SUNY-Albany. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. (CNN) -- If you want to know how U.S.

Coding isn't just for computer science any more. Educators are finding that teaching students to write code and design games enhances learning and creates engagement. These examples illustrate how coding and games are being used across the curriculum and at all levels, as well as why great teaching is at the very heart of this innovation.

Taking a cue from the corporate world and Girl Scouts, Metro Nashville Public Schools are drawing up a new system of badges to reward those who take on extra professional training. Already, the idea is facing resistance.

Most tests represent a snapshot of one moment in the trajectory of a student's academic journey, extrapolating what the student has learned overall. There are plenty of ways educators are trying to supplement those tests with more nuanced, formative assessments.

News, Articles and Community for district-level decision makers in K-12 education. Magazine published monthly, with daily news and blogs and online content. Archives available.

A recent survey from the College of Education at University of Phoenix reveals that K12 teachers struggle to integrate social media into their classroom lessons, and also to connect with students and

The concept of homework as we have known it in the past is changing rapidly, since it often distorts the overall picture of learning. Flipped classrooms, the ability to use the same technology and tools both in and out of the classroom, and personalized learning are making ripples in the education world.

For Boss's Day, my office staff at Howe Elementary in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., gave me the book QR Codes in Education by David Hopkins. In it, Hopkins describes those ubiquitous squares we see everywhere as being "like a barcode, but [containing] more data than just a number string."

Patti - great find. Love that the author included a challenges section.

"The country's strongest innovators embrace creativity, play, and collaboration -- values that also inform their physical spaces."

Issues with implementing blended learning