Back in March, GCP told you about Khan Academy (www.khanacademy.com) and its math and science tutorials online. ("GCP Sidebar: Homework Helpers", March 3, 2011) This semester, 36 schools nationwide are incorporating Khan Academy tutorials and software in their classroom instruction. Teachers across the country are combining their in-class lessons with computer based lectures and exercises devised by Salman Khan's [...]
Here's yet another interesting educational piece in the news: Today's Wall Street Journal features an article about how Chicago preschool and kindergarten teachers are integrating math concepts into daily classroom activities, giving young students firmer footing when they learn more complex math concepts in later grades. The teachers are being trained by The Erikson Institute, a graduate school in [...]
Now here's some good and inspirational news for everyone: three African American teenaged boys are among the youngest players to ever be named chess masters, each obtaining this advanced rank before their thirteenth birthday. The article in today's New York Times, found here, notes that these three young men, Justus Williams, Joshua Colas and James Black, Jr., while rivals, [...]