Education Blog
Is Print versus Digital the Correct Question?
by Kevin J. Gray, Managing Director My colleague Tyler M. Carey shared this article, which dives into the perennial digital vs. print debate. The article makes a compelling case as to why, even after years of its pronouncement to the contrary, print isn’t dead. As I read it, I was struck by a way in…
Read More about Is Print versus Digital the Correct Question?What Goes into Creating Good ELT Content?
by Walter Henderson, Jr., Senior Supervising Editor, ELT When ELT teachers answer this question, we expect their responses to match our own internal checklist: ‘integrated skills?’, ‘authentic audio?’, ‘communicative activities?’, ‘valid and reliable assessments?’, etc. The checklists are important given that most ELT teaching and learning practices, if not dominated, are at least mediated by…
Read More about What Goes into Creating Good ELT Content?Westchester Wrap-up: Summer 2019
by Nicole Tomassi, Marketing & Conference Manager In the summer months, the pace typically slows down, allowing an opportunity to relax and enjoy the longer, warmer days summertime offers up. While all of us at Westchester made sure to take some time to spend with friends and family, we were still working hard to make…
Read More about Westchester Wrap-up: Summer 2019In the Community: Carondelet Leadership Academy, St. Louis, MO
Every month, one member of the Westchester K-12 team has the opportunity to make a positive difference by contributing to a classroom project on DonorsChoose.org that is in need of funding. For the month of September, Roger Market, Senior Project Manager, tells us about the project he chose to support. Name/Location of School: Carondelet…
Read More about In the Community: Carondelet Leadership Academy, St. Louis, MOA Hybrid Approach for Assessment
by Kevin J. Gray, Managing Director While the assessment debate has long pitted summative year-end tests against formative in-course ones, some states are looking to a hybrid approach to gauge student performance. As outlined in this article from EdSurge, Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina, and New Hampshire are looking to recast their assessment molds, relying more heavily on check-ins throughout the…
Read More about A Hybrid Approach for AssessmentPhenomena for Next Generation Science Standards
by David Bailis, STEM Content Director The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are different from the science content standards of old because they are not simply based on knowing random science content. Before the NGSS, a student may have been asked to know only the three basic states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas, and…
Read More about Phenomena for Next Generation Science StandardsIn the Community: Samuel Fels High School, Philadelphia, PA
The Westchester K-12 DonorsChoose initiative has had a very positive impact on our team. Each person who has participated has experienced a high level of gratitude in having the opportunity to support public school classrooms throughout the country, and our Director of Creative Services, Mark DaGrossa – a naturally jolly person – was understandably…
Read More about In the Community: Samuel Fels High School, Philadelphia, PADonorsChoose Project Update
For several months now, Westchester K-12 has participated in an initiative to provide funding to a worthy project selected from the many requests submitted by public school teachers to the DonorsChoose.org website. We receive a great deal of satisfaction in knowing that children who are generally from lower-income communities will have access to vital…
Read More about DonorsChoose Project UpdateIn the Community: Powell Elementary Paideia Community Academy, Chicago, IL
Each month, a member of the Westchester K-12 team has the opportunity to make a positive impact on students by contributing to a classroom project that needs funding on DonorsChoose.org. For the month of July, Dave Bailis, STEM Content Director, shares details about the project he selected: Tell us about your DonorsChoose.org project: Ms. Laney is…
Read More about In the Community: Powell Elementary Paideia Community Academy, Chicago, IL