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Do Schools Challenge Our Students? What Student Surveys Tell Us about the State of Education in the United States
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Boser, Ulrich; Rosenthal, Lindsay – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
When the authors recently examined a federal survey of students in elementary and high schools around the country, they found that many students are not being challenged in school. Their findings include: (1) Many schools are not challenging students and large percentages of students report that their school work is "too easy"; (2) Many…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Teaching Methods, Student Surveys, Learner Engagement
Three Major Sins of Professional Development: How Can We Make It Better?
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Varela, Alejandra M. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
Teachers often complain about the professional development opportunities. And it is not uncommon for absenteeism to increase among teachers and staff during in-service days. The biggest problem that professional development has encountered is that it is usually developed as an isolated requirement, with no real connection to daily teaching and…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Educational Opportunities, Active Learning, Novices
Mainstreaming ELLs into Grade-Level Classes
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Varela, Elizabeth – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2010
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) placed a new focus and accountability on the achievement levels of English learners by requiring that they develop English proficiency and meet the same academic standards that all children are expected to meet by year 2014. Administrators and teachers are looking at ways English learners might progress more…
Descriptors: Mainstreaming, Federal Legislation, Achievement, Second Language Learning