Education News

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  Scholars' new software aimed at transforming literacy education
  10/2/2012Sharita Forrest, Education Editor writer Sharita Forrest, Education Editor by Sharita Forrest, Education Editor published by Sharita Forrest, Education Editor
  Todays teachers face classrooms of students who cut their teeth using electronic communications, and two education scholars at the University of Illinois have just released both a software application and a new book that they believe will profoundly change the teaching of literacy for this technology-savvy group and generations to come.
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  Sixteen authors to take part in Youth Literature Festival at U. of I.
  10/1/2012Sharita Forrest, Education Editor writer Sharita Forrest, Education Editor by Sharita Forrest, Education Editor published by Sharita Forrest, Education Editor
  Celebrated authors of books for children and adults will share their enthusiasm for their craft in a series of events as part of the College of Educations annual Youth Literature Festival, to be observed Thursday-Saturday (Oct. 4-6).
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  Factors that help students feel safer at school identified in study
  9/11/2012Sharita Forrest writer Sharita Forrest by Sharita Forrest published by Sharita Forrest
  Incidents such as the one that took place at Normal Community High School on Friday (Sept. 7), during which a student armed with a gun briefly took classmates and a teacher hostage at the Illinois school before being subdued, provide sobering reminders that crisis plans are as imperative as lesson plans in U.S. schools today.
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  Images on health websites can lessen comprehension, study finds
  8/27/2012Sharita Forrest, Education Editor writer Sharita Forrest, Education Editor by Sharita Forrest, Education Editor published by Sharita Forrest, Education Editor
  Photos of happy, smiling faces on patient education websites may engage readers, but they also may have a negative impact on older adults comprehension of vital health information, especially those elderly patients who are the least knowledgeable about their medical condition to begin with, suggests a new study.
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  Self-directed learning helps some students reach goals, study suggests
  7/24/2012Sharita Forrest, Education Editor writer Sharita Forrest, Education Editor by Sharita Forrest, Education Editor published by Sharita Forrest, Education Editor
  Students with cognitive and learning disabilities that engaged in a self-directed learning program were more likely to access mainstream instruction and achieve their academic or other goals, suggests research by Karrie A. Shogren, a special education expert at the University of Illinois.