I love the idea of being able to play games to make me smarter. I’ve tried a number of different apps and for a while was completely hooked on Sudoku. My all-time favorite, though, was a game on CD-ROM I
Yesterday I carried a box into my son’s kindergarten classroom; it was his share day. I noticed a pile of completed homework packets on the teacher’s desk, and immediately thought, “People actually do those things?” Because I don’t make my
Teachers make a difference. A number of research studies have shown that the #1 factor on influencing student learning is the effectiveness of the teacher. More than class size, more than curriculum, more than funding… the quality of the teacher