Focusing on high-need schools and districts with an emphasis on urban areas and the TX-Mex border; public and private organizations - new models inc Early college high schools, T-STEM academies

"Turning Around Ohio's High Schools KnowledgeWorks managed one of the nation's most ambitious high school turnaround efforts with the Ohio High School Transformation Initiative (OHSTI) and the development of Early College High Schools. The effort had a positive impact on more than 50,000 students and trained more than 2,000 teachers in Ohio's most challenging school districts. Specifically, students performed better on state standardized tests, attendance rates rose, and the academic achievement gap between minority and non-minority students began to significantly close."

"Through an exciting partnership between NCNSP and the multi-campus University of North Carolina, four innovative high schools within North Carolina will become learning laboratories capable of hosting educators and others eager to see teaching and learning at high levels by all students."

"The Woodrow Wilson Foundation has developed a series of resources to support our network of Early College partnerships and other school-university partnerships focused on improving secondary education and increasing college access and success for underserved students."

"Our Mission To increase the pool of historically underrepresented and under-served students who will be prepared to enter and complete post-secondary studies in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM); thus creating a diverse and globally competitive workforce." Started in 1975 as Southeastern Consortium for Minorities in Engineering by engineering deans at AL, FL, GA Tech, USC, UTn, Tuskegee - now partners in 17 states

"The Office of Educator Preparation, Innovation and Research (EPIR) of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia serves as the Intermediary for the Georgia Early College Initiative -- a partnership between the Georgia Department of Education and the University System of Georgia. It is the Intermediary's role to offer leadership and support for Early Colleges in Georgia; provide technical assistance for each site to help ensure a successful experience for the Early College students; and study the model with an eye towards replicating the program across the state."

"Our focus is on professional development and staff leadership; democratic school governance and peer review; comprehensive academic, social and emotional student support; and high school-college collaboration."

*Gateway to College helps high school dropouts (ages 16-21) and students on the verge of dropping out to earn a high school diploma while also earning college credits. *Project DEgree helps underprepared college students (ages 18-26) accelerate their progress through developmental education and on to transfer-level college courses.

Women's History Sources is a collaborative blog that serves as a current awareness tool for anyone who is interested in primary sources at archives, historic sites and museums, and libraries. Some of the types of sources that the blog covers: * New exhibits in archives, libraries, and museums * New digital collections (artifacts, diaries, oral histories, photos, etc.) * Featured objects/documents from other blogs and websites * "In the News" - stories that feature original documents or artifacts. * "On this Day" - digital resources that are related to an event on a specific date. * Recent books that include letters, diaries, photographs, etc. Audience 1. Archivists, Librarians, and Museum curators/personnel 2. Historians 3. College students 4. K-12 Teachers 5. General public with an interest in women's history Geographic Coverage Although the initial emphasis has been on women in United States history, the blog will become international in scope as the list of contributors grows. Contributors The blog will include archivists, historians, librarians, and museum professionals. Please contact Ken Middleton (ken.middlet@gmail.com) if you are interested in being a blog contributor.

Very simple graphic builder and easy to use

Great speakers!

Corporate, capitalist imagery re higher ed = male-centric

Joshua Baron, Director, Academic Technology and eLearning Marist College, Campus Technology 2010 (7/22/2010) 52 mins

The research on KY women's history by University of Kentucky students and our Open Knowledge Initiative are highlighted on this list of resources! Yahoo!

Creating the world's biggest study group - a Univ of KY student sharing his notes from PSY 100 Lab from Summer 2010

Pretty cool book on how to use 3D as well as any other kind of robust user-generated-content platform in teaching and learning

Excellent tool for those who get frustrated with the limited opportunities in a blog post constrained by a specific .css-based theme. In the blog, switch to HTML view and place cursor where you want to insert the revised version. Then open a new window for Textfixer. From within MS Word, highlight and paste the text you want to convert, then past it into the Text Fixer box, and click "Convert Word to HTML. Recommended by ProfHackers at CHE

Folksinger Gerri Gribi is offering a free .mp3 of her version of L. May Wheeler's "Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be?" from the US suffragist movement

.An American Education Research Association SIG for educators, scholars, and practitioners researching computer-mediated 3D communities.