Featured
How Productive Struggle Can Lead to Student Success
by Amanda Robb, Senior Supervising Editor, Math As someone who received their education degree in the early 90s, I learned how to scaffold instruction for students. Our goals were to support their learning every step of the way and to remove any roadblocks to understanding our students might encounter. When providing direction instruction in our…
Read MoreThe State of K-12 Education in 2021 Webinar Recap
The below post has been shared with permission from MarketResearch.com by Sarah Schmidt, Managing Editor, MarketResearch.com In a recent webinar titled The State of K-12 Education in 2021 hosted by Westchester Education Services, Simba Information’s Managing Editor and Senior Analyst, Kathy Mickey, joined a panel of experts to discuss how schools have adapted to educate students…
Read MoreRenewed Emphasis on the Criticality of CTE
by Debbie Allen, Content Director, Career and Technical Education “The need to strengthen the competitiveness of the American workforce is one of the most urgent challenges we now face as a nation,” stresses the Perkins Collaborative Resource Network (Challenges and Prizes in CTE). Of course, the basis for a competitive workforce is education. Student understanding…
Read MoreInclusivity and Disability in the Workplace: Another Step Forward
by Andrea Bown, Educational Publishing Freelancer July 2019 was the initial step in this process. April 2020 was another one, and now, here in 2021, I’m about to take the third step by attaching my name to my words. I’m Andrea Bown, I work as a freelancer in educational publishing, and I was born with a…
Read MoreA Renewed Focus on Civics Education
by Tim Yetzina, Senior Supervising Editor, Science and Social Studies Researchers in recent years have focused on civics and the diminishing roles of facts and analysis in American public life (Doug Irving, The Importance of Teaching Civic Responsibility in America). According to Irving, many civics teachers from grade school through high school observed that “students…
Read More