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Randy Rodgers

Obama calling for more schooling --either more hours or more days. - Lynn Sweet - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 11 Mar 09 - Cached
  • economic progress and educational achievement have always gone hand in hand in America.
  • The source of America's prosperity, then, has never been merely how ably we accumulate wealth, but how well we educate our people. This has never been more true than it is today. In a 21st century world where jobs can be shipped wherever there's an internet connection; where a child born in Dallas is competing with children in Delhi; where your best job qualification is not what you do, but what you know - education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity and success, it is a prerequisite.
  • of the thirty fastest growing occupations in America, half require a Bachelor's degree or more. By 2016, four out of every ten new jobs will require at least some advanced education or training.
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  • I am calling on a new generation of Americans to step forward and serve our country in our classrooms. If you want to make a difference in the life of our nation; if you want to make the most of your talents and dedication; if you want to make your mark with a legacy that will endure - join the teaching profession. America needs you.
  • Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will use only one test when deciding what ideas to support with your precious tax dollars. It's not whether an idea is liberal or conservative, but whether it works.
  • the first pillar in reforming our schools - investing in early childhood initiatives.
  • Early Learning Challenge Gran
  • better standards and assessments
  • They are spending less time teaching things that don't matter, and more time teaching things that do
  • challenge our states to adopt world-class standards that will bring our curriculums into the 21st century.
  • develop standards and assessments that don't simply measure whether students can fill in a bubble on a test, but whether they possess 21st century skills like problem-solving and critical thinking, entrepreneurship and creativity.
  • money is tied to results
    • Randy Rodgers
      Randy Rodgers on 11 Mar 09
       
      Research doesn't support the idea that money=successful schools, unfortunately.
  • using data to track how much progress a student is making and where that student is struggling
    • Randy Rodgers
      Randy Rodgers on 11 Mar 09
       
      Individualization--good plan
  • third pillar of reform -- recruiting, preparing, and rewarding outstanding teachers.
  • politics and ideology have too often trumped our progress.
  • extra pay to Americans who teach math and science
  • if a teacher is given a chance but still does not improve, there is no excuse for that person to continue teaching
  • fourth part of America's education strategy - promoting innovation and excellence in America's schools.
  • I call on states to reform their charter rules, and lift caps on the number of allowable charter schools,
  • We can no longer afford an academic calendar designed when America was a nation of farmers who needed their children at home plowing the land at the end of each day.
  • expand effective after-school programs
  • rethink the school day to incorporate more time - whether during the summer or through expanded-day programs
  • let us all make turning around our schools our collective responsibility as Americans. That will require new investments in innovative ideas. That is why my budget invests in developing new strategies to make sure at-risk students don't give up on their education; new efforts to give dropouts who want to return to school the help they need to graduate; and new ways to put those young men and women who have left school back on a pathway to graduation.
  • The fifth part of America's education strategy is providing every American with a quality higher education - whether it's college or technical training.
  • simplify federal college assistance forms
  • the goal of having the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by the year 2020.
  • Adults of all ages need opportunities to earn new degrees and skills
  • bottom line is that no government policies will make any difference unless we also hold ourselves more accountable as parents.
  • Randy Rodgers on 11 Mar 09
     
    President Obama's first address on educational reform.
Jennifer Dorman

eSchoolNews - Report: Retool instruction, or U.S. will fail - 0 views

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shared by Jennifer Dorman on 10 Sep 08 - Cached
  • As the world continues to shift from an industrial economy to a service economy driven by information, knowledge, and innovation, cultivating 21st-century skills is vital to economic success
  • While the global economy has been changing, the United States has focused primarily on closing domestic achievement gaps and largely has ignored the growing necessity of graduating students capable of filling emerging job sectors
  • this goal has skirted the competitive demand for advanced skills
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  • businesses now require workers who can handle more responsibility and contribute more to productivity and innovation
  • "It has become apparent that there isn't a lack of employees who are technically proficient, but a lack of employees who can adequately communicate and collaborate, innovate, and think critically," said Ken Kay, P21 president.
  • "21st Century Skills, Education, and Competitiveness"
  • Jennifer Dorman on 10 Sep 08
     
    U.S. schools must teach 21st-century skills for the nation to be globally competitive, it says From eSchool News staff and wire service reports
Jennifer Dorman

BibMe: Bibliography Maker - MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian - 1 views

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shared by Jennifer Dorman on 18 Sep 08 - Cached
  • Jennifer Dorman on 18 Sep 08
     
    Fast & Easy Bibliography Maker - MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian - Free
Heather Sullivan

Online testing Create online quizzes free quiz maker ClassMarker - 0 views

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shared by Heather Sullivan on 06 Dec 08 - Cached
  • The ClassMarker online testing website, is a professional, easy to use, online quiz maker that marks your tests and quizzes for you. ClassMarker online testing has both free and paid upgrade solutions. You simply create your quizzes and your learners or business clients take them online. Link directly to quizzes from your website or emails Randomize quiz questions and set time limits Have quiz results emailed to you and saved in ClassMarker Create multiple choice, true false, free text, short answer, fill in the blank and punctuation quizzes Register multiple learners instantly with 1 click
  • ClassMarker is completely online, which means there is no need for you or your test takers to install any software. Our service also allows you to download results for offline viewing and assessment.
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Heather Sullivan

About Us | TechTechBoom - 0 views

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shared by Heather Sullivan on 29 Jun 09 - Cached
  • TechTechBoom.com is a new BETA (code word for not fully finished) website and is a subsidiary of Mario Armstrong Media, LLC. (http://www.MarioArmstrong.com) What’s the mission? Simple, it’s a place to help teens to connect, be inspired, supported and motivated to pursue STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) academics and careers! We need more young minds wanting to fill our tech pipeline of the future.
  • The vision for this site was Mario Armstrong’s and he wanted it to be a cool and very informative tech hangout for teens but instead of hiring adults to design it (boring and done already) he wanted to flip the model. So his company hired 11 high school students from different grades, backgrounds and tech interests and they created what you see today, that being the first STEM website and community built by teens for teens! The site offers a cool hangout place, solid STEM information and resources all centered around STEM.
  • We want to be the hub of all science, technology, engineering and math content, news, events, scholarships, programs, contests, internships, mentoring and more. If it’s STEM and it involves teens – it will be on this site – no more islands of STEM info.
Fred Delventhal

SearchReSearch: Clever trick to make YouTube videos fill up the browser for classroom use - 18 views

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shared by Fred Delventhal on 19 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • Fred Delventhal on 19 Apr 11
     
    "Nice technique to use when creating links on educational materials to YouTube videos!" - Dan Russell
milesmorales

The Dry Erase Board: A Cool Tool For Learning - 0 views

The dry erase board or whiteboards as some know it has been a great help in providing knowledge to the youth today. It has many sizes to choose from and has always been the best tool for many mento...

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Kelly Clayson

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Kelly Clayson

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Best Tourist Places to Visit in TamilNadu               The heritage tours of Tamil Nadu comprise fine arts galore of UNESCO W...

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Dean Mantz

WebRoom.net - 8 views

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