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Monday, July 1

Computational thinking is one of the biggest buzzwords in education—it’s even been called the ‘5th C’ of 21st century skills. While it got its start as a way to help computer... Read more »

Monday, July 1

An assistant principal in the Allentown School District has been named to lead Louis Dieruff High School.

The Allentown school board on Thursday approved the appointment of Michael G. Makhoul as principal of Dieruff High School. Makhoul, who holds a Bachelor's degree from Penn State University, has been the assistant principal at Dieruff... Read more »

Monday, July 1

In framing his life and work as a researcher, author, administrator, consultant and educator, Christopher Liang, PhD, often looks to his childhood experience as the son of poor Chinese immigrants in Brooklyn, New York.

Taunted and even attacked on occasion as a... Read more »

Monday, July 1

Artificial Intelligence is changing banking, health, business, and the military. But so far, it has been slow to go big in K-12 education, said Scott Garrigan, emeriti professor of practice at Lehigh University at a session at the International Society for Technology in Education's annual conference here.

But that is likely to change in... Read more »

Friday, June 21

Helicopter parents, lawnmower parents, and snowplow parents — these are largely pejorative labels for mothers and fathers over-involved with their kids. The terms are meant to describe parents — perhaps most American parents at this point — who feel that in order to raise a successful child, they need to be as tireless and as purposeful as... Read more »