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What happens when students opt out of assessments required to demonstrate proficiency for promotion? Perry A. Zirkel, professor emeritus of education and law at Lehigh University, analyzes the current trend among court decisions where grade retention is at issue, through cases... Read more »
Brittany Zakszeski, a Ph.D. student in the school psychology program at Lehigh University’s College of Education, is one of 100 doctoral students in the United States and Canada selected in 2017 to receive a highly competitive $15,000 P.E.O. Scholar Award. She will speak on June 1 at the organization’s 80th annual Pennsylvania state... Read more »
Education Leadership doctoral student and Trumbauersville Elementary School Principal Adam Schmucker has been named Pennsylvania’s National Distinguished Principal by the National Association of Elementary School Principals.
He’s among the cream of the crop of Pennsylvania’s elementary school principals, but Adam Schmucker views the... Read more »
Oliver North, the National Rifle Association's incoming president, has suggested that a medication to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, could be partially responsible for the recent gun violence in American schools: Ritalin. Many mental health experts caution against suggesting a connection between medications such as... Read more »
Technology lessons are expanding beyond the classroom.
Using tablets and GPS systems, Lehigh University College of Education professors and the Building 21 high school in Allentown are developing technology that allows students... Read more »