Cultivating Leaders at Home and School: New Study Shows All Can Learn to Lead

Are great leaders born or made?

A new study suggests it may be both. The study that followed 106 students from the age of one through 29 found those who became leaders in their adult lives shared some common traits, but that educators and parents can also encourage leadership in students. The study hopes to help educators and parents identify leaders early on, as well as help identify which behaviors to look for and support, according toÂ “From Math Helper to Community Organizer:Â New longitudinal studies identify key factors in leadership development.”
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Obama Urges e-Textbooks for All Students by 2017

The Obama administration announced they want every student to have an e-textbook by 2017. In an effort to speed up the process and reach the 5-year goal, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski and Education Secretary Arne Duncan want states to modify their textbook adoption process by allowing K-12 schools to use taxpayer funding to purchase iPads, Kindles, and other e-readers, as well as software, according to USA Today.
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Students Go Overseas for Low-Cost Higher Education

As the price tag of a college education soars and families continue to adapt their lifestyles to the recession, students approaching college might be considering putting off college or looking for cheaper alternatives.

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Computers Won’t Revolutionize Learning Without Improved Learning Environments

Many educators and authors are anxious to see if Apple’s new iBook2 will be the technology that revolutionizes the way a new generation learns. The iBook2 is a free app for the iPad that allows anyone to author a textbook and hopes to make textbooks more available to students with the maximum textbook price set at $14.99.
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Pros and Cons of Early Graduation from High School

Could getting students out of high school earlier be beneficial to higher educationÂ and to the students themselves? More and more states think the answer is yes. An increasing number of states are encouraging students to take college courses or graduate early in hopes to bypass the senior slump, save families college tuition money, and curb the school districts’ instructional costs, according the the article “Some States Prodding Students to Graduate Early.“

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How More High School Graduates Can Power Our Economy

Dropping out of high school doesn’t only effect the individual.Â While students who dropÂ out of high school will personally have less chances of employment, make lower incomes, and are most likely just a piece in the poverty cycle, they also represent a huge drain on our economic potential. On a larger scale, high school graduates and dropouts shape our economy, define the abilities of our workforce, andÂ set the stage for our leaders of the future in business, industry, and government.

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Wanted: Unique College Grads

Advances in technology have always come at the price of taking jobs, and we can expect them to continue taking even more. “As they say, if horses could have voted, there never would have been cars,” writes Thomas Friedman in his article “Average Is Over.”
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What Are The Long-term Effects of the Digital Divide?

Yesterday, I wrote on finding a balance between digital and traditional teaching. There were also two articles I came across touching on the same subject, one debating whether handwriting is still a necessary skill to teach in the 21st century classroom, and the other debating whether blogging should replace writing a formal research paper.

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Blended LearningÂ Allows Students to Create, Teach and Learn

As more schools embrace technology, many are experimenting with finding the balance between digital and traditional instruction. A group of charter schools in the Bay Area, Rocketship Education, requires two 50-minute technology sessions daily for all students, known as the Learning Lab. In the Learning Lab, students complete exercises in math and reading that are similar to “short video games,” according to the articleÂ “Combing Computer Games with Classroom Teaching.”

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Coviewing Media with Kids Can Boost Learning if Parents Are Academic Coaches

Many homes are plugged into at least one form of media. Television is still the number one form of media consumption for families, but many also have computers and portable devices. Parents often worry that kids are too plugged in due to their daily rituals of using iPods, cellphones, and the Internet — sometimes all at the same time.
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