by edtosavetheworld | Apr 10, 2015 | News and Trends
My husband’s favorite joke to tell our son is, “You have a choice: you can either have a sibling or go to college — because we can’t afford to send two kids to college.” I tell him not to worry because by the time our kids are...
by edtosavetheworld | Apr 7, 2015 | News and Trends
Have you heard this lately? Future Ready is a term used by a partnership between the US Department of Education and the Alliance for Excellent Education. It aims to ensure at least 99% of U.S. students have access to high-speed Internet in their schools in the next...
by edtosavetheworld | Apr 3, 2015 | Ed2S Fellows
Since we’ve launched the applications for our second crop of Ed to Save the World Fellows, several of you have expressed interest in hearing more about us and about the fellowship program. So, if you’ve already read the general Fellowship description and...
by edtosavetheworld | Mar 31, 2015 | Ed2S Fellows
Today we’re excited to share an article by one of our 2014 Ed to Save the World Fellows. Ayo Magwood is a history teacher at an independent school in Washington, DC. Ayo’s classroom is an incredible laboratory of democracy, justice, and critical thinking...
by edtosavetheworld | Mar 30, 2015 | News and Trends
Most schools ask themselves, “Why would kids come to school on a Saturday?” but at Matthew Moss High School in Rochdale, UK, they’re asking “Why would they not?” Welcome to the D6 program, profiled in the video below. D6 refers to the 6th...
by edtosavetheworld | Mar 20, 2015 | Ed2S Fellows
Today we feature one of our Ed2Save Fellows, Alexandra Fuentes. She just published an Op-ed in the Alexandria Gazette about the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). She went to Capitol Hill to talk with lawmakers and here are her...