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Classnotes Podcast (November 9, 2015) Numeracy is the ABCs of math. It is a critical foundation for using math in … read more

Classnotes Podcast (September 14, 2015) Community groups, parents and students came together recently with 16 school superintendents from across the Rio … read more

Classnotes Podcast (August 31, 2015) Texas in the midst of the largest school finance lawsuit in the state’s history. Over … read more

Classnotes Podcast (August 18, 2015) The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown vs. Board of Education declaring segregated schools unconstitutional … read more

Classnotes Podcast (July 16, 2015) Bringing more females, minorities and low-income students into STEM fields requires building an environment of … read more

Classnotes Podcast (June 30, 2015) Despite efforts across the nation over the last decade to increase STEM education for girls … read more

Classnotes Podcast (April 21, 2015) While many bilingual education programs across the country are designed to build students’ fluency in English, … read more

Classnotes Podcast (March 31, 2015) The U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Justice recently published new guidance regarding education … read more

Classnotes Podcast (March 6, 2015) In an environment where the pressure on educators is to push English and show results on … read more

Classnotes Podcast (February 10, 2015) A revolutionary model of parent engagement is demonstrating how families and communities can collaborate with their … read more

Classnotes Podcast (October 30, 2014) Federal law and court rulings have taken steps to protect the civil rights of students in … read more

Classnotes Podcast (October 14, 2014) Families need to know how schools are doing, and they can use available data to … read more

Classnotes Podcast (September 29, 2014) Karen Leahy knew that having a Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program tutor work with students in … read more

Classnotes Podcast (August 25, 2014) The national PTA president, Otha Thornton, recently visited several PTA Comunitarios in the Texas Rio Grande … read more

Classnotes Podcast (July 28, 2014) Teaching is a learning process. Teachers are constantly learning about their students and how they … read more

Classnotes Podcast (June 30, 2014) Skepticism is often the first reaction elementary teachers to the idea of having students from the … read more

Classnotes Podcast (June 3, 2014) Building college readiness involves more than focusing on cognitive learning. The affective domain also must be … read more

Classnotes Podcast (May 19, 2014) In most classrooms, the days of memorization-focused teaching are gone. Though, we are still in the … read more

Classnotes Podcast (May 7, 2014) Often, we think of preschool children learning their shapes rather than learning geometry. But of course … read more

Classnotes Podcast (April 28, 2014) Bilingual education and English as a second language programs have been in place in U.S. … read more