Project Au-Some: Building Emphathy and Collaboration 

This story is just another example of how an idea aimed at bringing people together can have incredible results, especially with the help of young minds

Project Au-Some is a small, yet extra...More

Yesterday on the drive back to Champaign I listened to a podcast entitled, "Hello," on Radiolab. The podcast discussed how dolphins are very complex creatures with the ability to understand humans and even have a distinct language capability of...More

The Social Mind explains how ideas, concepts, and behaviors are learned through living with and learning from the people around us. A memorable lesson activity came into mind while investigating the diverse examples of collective learning through...More

Children who experience traumatic experiences in their childhood are much more likely to be diagnosed with health issues and more seriously deadly diseases later in life. Both pediatricians Nadine Burke Harris and Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg argue that A...More

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/nov99/vol57/num03/The-Courage-to-Be-Constructivist.aspx

The article listed above discusses the challenges of utilizing constructivism in the classroom. While constructivism does make its way...More

Testing students who speak English as a Second Language is a very contentious and challenging practice. While there are multiple tests given by school districts to assess a student's language ability and placement, one assessment in particular is...More