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This is news for all of us to be aware of. (From the ASCD Brief) Will the public allow this to stand? Will this finally bring this whole issue of high stakes tests to a climax? Will the Gov stand firm and say that the kids just aren't ready to graduate? We've not heard that last of this, for sure.

The story of 5600 kids who won't graduate in Florida this year.

Something has been happening lately in education, and the implications are a bit unsettling. People are beginning to ask a cogent question, but I fear it's being framed for the wrong reason. I'm hearing more and more important decision makers asking, "Why are we using technology?"

To the Internet hipsters who discovered Twitter in 2006, Oprah's inaugural tweet - FEELING REALLY 21st CENTURY, she typed - was the end of the era, the shark jump. But that's like saying the Beatles were over after they appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show."\nTwittermania has only begun. In the days after Oprah's show, Twitter's traffic growth is accelerating. The ratings service HitWise now ranks twitter.com as America's No. 38 Web site. It's about to rocket past CNN and Wells Fargo.

Watch the youtube video on this page

We know that Google Earth is an amazing app, but watch this video (from youtube) that shows an incredible simulation that uses the Google Earth plugin for your browser.

Wow! See both results on the same page! LOVE IT!

Now see both Google search results AND Wolfram search results in teh same browser window. Start at google and search. The wolfram results appear on the right side. How excellent is that?

It's a link dump but has some great gems. Check out Orisinal for some a good games site even for in school.

A useful chart when you want to see how much money each state is spending on education.

Choose the state and the range of years to show the amount of money spent on education

From eschoolnews, this article about the Philly School of the Future and why it wasn't the huge success that they had envisioned. I think this is a must-read for folks who are considering one-to-one programs. Learn from the mistakes of others. Interesting comments from readers, too.

Interesting read about assumptions, a well-meaning program, and the lessons learned

Mabey some Federal dollars will be enough to move some districts to modernize their curriculum.

Now there is MONEY incentive to modernize your curriculum.

This is GREAT for showing off twitter to friends, if nothing else! Watch it plot the icons of your friends on a google map as they tweet.

plots the locations fo your twitter friends as they tweet

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Superb resources for anyone interested in teaching website evaluation, critical thinking, media literacy or 21st Century learning skills in general. FactCheck.org and FactCheckEd.org are essential tools for living in this part of the century. 8-)

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Nice article about Wilbarger brushing and ADHD. See your occupational therapist.