MƒA teachers from different schools, grade levels and experiences participate in a design challenge where they use miscellaneous items to create a visual representation of an outstanding teacher. (Photos courtesy of Math for America) When mathematician John Ewing started lobbying state governments to adopt a new model for keeping top teachers in the classroom, he
Students from abroad have become a rich revenue source for many state colleges and their towns. What happens if the Trump administration’s anti-immigration sentiment and policies drive them away? BY ALAN GREENBLATT | MAY 2017 The University of Illinois has one of the nation’s largest populations of foreign students, with more than 5,000 from China
You may have never heard of Taiwan. Probably, if you are moving here, many people you talk to have never heard of Taiwan. They will most likely think you are mistaken, and actually talking about Thailand (just in case you are mistaken, you’re not talking about Thailand). So, if you know nothing else, here’s a
One of the most important class days is the first. The first day can excite students about the class, calm their fears, and set their expectations for the semester. The first day is an opportunity for the teacher to get to know and begin to evaluate students and to express expectations for the semester. Be
This is a great question to ask as this TESOL Certificate course probably isn’t like many courses you’ve taken in the past. There are many ‘sit’ and ‘get’ kind of TESOL courses where the instructor doles out the information, the students take notes, and passing the class is dependent on passing the tests. World Learning’s
Study English at Internexus San Diego Today For many subjects it is useful to use Web-browsers for students to research information, but the difficulty is that students often get distracted from the original purpose or worse still they sneakily use extra browser windows to hide their personal email and games. This paper plans to outline