One of the great parts of being in a cyber school is that there is a constant desire to become better as a school, as families, and as a teacher. Each year something is changed in order to help make the curriculum better, make the technology more accessible or help the school progress. This year [...]
Kristyna Wentz-Graff Solomon Vang, an 11th-grade student at the Hmong American Peace Academy, speaks at the grand opening of its new facility on Friday. Kristyna Wentz-Graff Shiann Her, 4, listens carefully to her teacher in her preschool class at the expanded Hmong school. Kristyna Wentz-Graff Shiann Her, 4, listens carefully to her teacher in her [...]
Recent blog posts from K¹² colleagues jump-started my thoughts about the information age and butterflies. So, how do those beautiful winged creatures relate to technology in the 21st century? As Stephanie noted, it was one of those small beauties that reminded her to stop and notice what’s around her. If you have children, you undoubtedly [...]
Today is International Literacy Day – have you taken the time to read to someone today? (“Yourself” counts!) The main purpose of International Literacy Day is to remind us that literacy and education are extremely important, regardless of where you live. It highlights the fact that of the almost four billion adults on the planet, [...]
Tom Lynn The third-floor reading room at Marquette University’s new law school building, Eckstein Hall, provides a spacious and attractive study area. In legal circles, the $85 million Michigan St. building is making waves because it provides the tools for modern law, which is more technologically oriented and media intensive. Photo Gallery Marquette’s new law [...]
Angela Peterson Andy Tonies, who is returning for a second year at Bradley Tech High as a special ed teacher, on Tuesday prepares his classroom for the first day of school. He came up through the Milwaukee Teaching Fellows, which is part of the New Teacher Project in Milwaukee. Standing at the front of a [...]