schools http://nhpr.org en Some Schools Actually Want Students To Play With Their Smartphones In Class http://nhpr.org/post/some-schools-actually-want-students-play-their-smartphones-class If there is one thing that the mobile-computing era has made clear, it's that kids love touch screens. Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:49:55 +0000 Sam Evans-Brown 14122 at http://nhpr.org Some Schools Actually Want Students To Play With Their Smartphones In Class What Makes a Great Science Teacher? http://nhpr.org/post/what-makes-great-science-teacher <p><em>Produced with Phoebe Axtman and Zach Nugent</em></p><p>Mounting research has shown that the most important factor in a child&rsquo;s successful education is not his or her socioeconomic status, class size, or even the design of the curriculum&hellip;. it&rsquo;s the teacher.&nbsp; But teacher dropout rate is high and the highly talented teachers are too few, especially in Science and Math.</p> Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:06:46 +0000 Virginia Prescott 9821 at http://nhpr.org What Makes a Great Science Teacher?