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"Horry County children start school on Wednesday morning and thousands of them will be in brand new, energy-positive buildings."

The Montgomery County Public Schools system here has a highly regarded program for evaluating teachers, providing them extra support if they are performing poorly and getting rid of those who do not improve. The program, Peer Assistance and Review (PAR) uses several hundred senior teachers to mentor both newcomers and struggling veterans. If the mentoring does not work, the PAR panel - made up of eight teachers and eight principals - can vote to fire the teacher.

Third-grade students at the Upper Pittsgrove School mastered fractions in Mrs. Markert class Friday afternoon not by memorization or flash cards, but with Apple iPads. School districts throughout Salem County have now entered the age of technology using the touch sensitive innovative device as a learning tool for students. Superintendents say they are attracted to the devices for two reasons: It's user friendly and inexpensive compared to other technology like laptops.

Kidd, who also moderates a district-wide blog, said he was amazed with how user friendly the technology is, even for severely challenged students. He said he remembered the first time he let one of the autistic students in the school use the iPad. "One of the students showed interest and when I gave it to her she sat for over 20 minutes engaged in the device," said Kidd. "Her teacher said she has never sat for that long in the classroom."

A resource page posted by the Sonoma County Office of Education on the Smarter Balanced Consortium assessments.

A great list of tools for Formative Assessment provided by the Levy County Schools in Florida.

Samsung in known throughout educational institutions across the county as having the highest quality images due to its precision optics combined with digital technology.

When I try your link, I get to a login page for Missoula County Public Schools. Is there any way to make the material you reference visible to those without an account?

I also got a login page for Missoula County Public Schools. Article sounds interesting. Would like to read it.

Martin van Hemert is a photographer based in Utah. He is actively involved in architectural, product, and fine art photography. Throughout his career, he has consistently been drawn to more labor intensive forms of the art, from baking films in hydrogen for astronomical photography, to long exposures and light painting of outdoor scenes photographed on 4×5 sheet films, to his current obsession with spherical panoramas. Born to a family of Dutch immigrants, he studied music at the University of Utah, following which he made the logical choice of a career in photography. Martin and his wife are the parents of three grown children and one un-grown grandchild, and live in rural Utah County with a small herd of horses. Their rodent control staff boasts 7 members.

Great interactive map of inbound/outbound migration by county.

slide show of spill and beach closures

Students are literally on the ball in some Johnson County classrooms. Stability balls, that is. The children sit on the large, colorful spheres instead of on chairs, a trend in education that’s said to encourage learning, enhance attention and conce

A Teacher in Florida by Jamee Cagle Miller 2009 Seminole County Teacher of the Year This poem has reached the office of a Senator and may be read at the next voting of the bill (if it gets back to the senate). It is in the hands of the Orlando Sentinal and could be published there. She wrote the words many of us want to shout out:-)

Used it to get a simple diagram of the writering process.

Collection of lessons and resources for teaching writing from Citrus County Schools, Florida

Big list of resources from Palm Beach County School District on getting started with iPads in Edu. Considerations, apps, install, setups, training, etc.

Good for Anti-Drug Education. Eight years ago, the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office launched a campaign called "the Faces of Meth" to address Oregon's methamphetamine problem. The images showed the jarring effects of meth on addicts' faces through before-and-after pictures from their arrest records. Rehabs.com recently followed suit with this infographic. Warning: these images are disturbing.

A new look at math instruction for the common core

As a technology facilitator, I am always trying to find ways to connect with people if the specific field. This may help to connect with the math teachers that I work with and allow them to see how other teachers are trying to prepare for the common core