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Fulbright in a Connected World (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/06/191775.htm) is a panel discussion on the Fulbright Program's future in social media. 

10 separate pages with 10 tips each

106 Ways Parents Can Help Students Achieve

106 Ways Parents Can Help Students Achieve

Wonderful activities that teachers and parents of second graders can do to help students improve their reading skills.

project censored article on former Indiana gov Mitch Daniels now president of Purdue's effort to root out Zinn's work from being used by teachers.  article notes contrast of Ziinn's treatment of US imperialism compared with a standard history text used in Indiana that devotes all of two paragraphs to the US war with Mexico that ended with Mexico "ceding" i(n the euphemistic curricular language) almost 1/2 it's territory to the US--while not mentioning any dissent about this war.  In contrast, Zinn's people's history devotes a whole chapter to the conflict. 

Model School Library Standards for CA - great resource for information literacy scaffolding.

Learn about the Title I School Improvement Grant Program and how the communities of Mobile, Alabama; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Chattanooga, Tennessee were successful in implementing turnaround, restart and transformation models to revitalize and transform their lowest performing schools.

Tuesday 5 May 2009 PM's speech on education for the new global age - Gordon Brown (UK)- Transcript of a speech given by the Prime Minister on education for the new global age 5 May 2009.

The Federal Trade Commision has made a website to help kids become aware of how advertisements are targeted at them, so that they may make smarter decisions as consumers.