EdWeek Maps Website
What it is: I heard about EdWeek Maps Website just after writing my post “Up On My Soap Box”. The Editorial Projects in Education Research Center (that is a mouth full!) launched a feature of its EdWeeek Maps Website that allows you to access and download a detailed report and map on high school graduation rates for every school district in the United States. You can look at individual districts, their graduation rates and trends, and compare it with state and national figures. It is VERY interesting to browse.
How to integrate EdWeeks Maps Website into the classroom: This may be a good site to share with students starting in middle school. Open up for discussion why students think the graduation rates are what they are. Take the opportunity to show your students how important education is and more importantly how critical it is that they learn to learn. If our students can be life long learners we have reached our goal!
Tips: Share this site with fellow teachers, administrators, community members. Lets come up with a way, together that we can change education so that we live in a community where education is valued.
Leave a comment and share how you are using EdWeek Maps in your classroom.