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Teach for America: Liberal mission helps conservative agenda - 1 views

Teach for America: Liberal mission helps conservative agenda http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/teach-for-america-liberal-mission-helps-conservative-agenda/2011/12/25/gIQApoVZHP...

Teach for America Liberal mission Education reform Andrew Hartman unionized teachers DC Schools wendy Kopp Michelle Rhee

started by Bonnie Sutton on 27 Dec 11 no follow-up yet

Guest post: An 'Arab Spring' of free online higher education By Daniel de Vise - 2 views

Guest post: An 'Arab Spring' of free online higher education By Daniel de Vise http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/college-inc/post/guest-post-an-arab-spring-of-free-online-higher-education/201...

Free Higher Education online college courses Udacity Startup

started by Bonnie Sutton on 03 Feb 12 no follow-up yet

Duncan's equity commission and the 'rising tide' of avarice, hostility, testing - 3 views

I agree ~ and the lessons and sharp reminders in the article are not just for K-12

equity duncan commission John Merrow testing education and excellence

started by Bonnie Sutton on 25 Feb 12 2 follow-ups, last by Vanessa Vaile on 26 Feb 12

National Cyber Security Alliance Announces New Agreement with the U.S. Department of Ed... - 0 views

National Cyber Security Alliance Announces New Agreement with the U.S. Department of Education, NIST and National Cybersecurity Education Council to Promote Formal Cyber Security Education Programs...

Stay Safe on Line . the www.staysafeonline.org. cybersecurity

started by Bonnie Sutton on 28 Oct 11 no follow-up yet

America's Next Educational Crisis - 1 views

America's Next Educational Crisis Posted: 07/ 1/11 11:51 AM ET http://www.huffingtonpost.com/franklin-schargel/americas-next-educational_b_883381.html High-quality teachers are critical to acc...

162 Keys to School Success Franklin Schargel Teacher training education career

started by Bonnie Sutton on 02 Jul 11 no follow-up yet

Keeping Special Ed in Proportion - 1 views

Keeping Special Ed in Proportion Experts say improvements in school instructional cultures can keep some struggling minority kids out of special education. http://www.edweek.org/tsb/article...

school instructional culturesVictims of remediation special ed in proportion racial achievement gaps African-American and Hispanic students education programs. educational equity disproportional statistical representation minorities

started by Bonnie Sutton on 12 Oct 11 no follow-up yet

The Storytelling Project Model: A Theoretical Framework for Critical Examination of Rac... - 2 views

The Storytelling Project Model: A Theoretical Framework for Critical Examination of Racism Through the Arts http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=15787 by Lee Anne Bell & Rosemarie...

Story telling project model race and racism multiracial community comfort zone color blindness

started by Bonnie Sutton on 08 Jun 12 no follow-up yet

What Does the Election Mean for Education in the 113th Congress? - 3 views

Senate Committee Holds Hearing on Impact of America Competes Act Wednesday, 7 November, 2012 The day after the elections, at first blush, feels like Groundhog Day. After all the campaigning, spen...

education and the 113th congress workforce readiness K-12

started by Bonnie Sutton on 09 Nov 12 no follow-up yet

Best part of 'schools-threaten-national-security' report - 1 views

Best part of 'schools-threaten-national-security' report: The dissents By Valerie Strauss Best part of 'schools-threaten-national-security' report The most interesting part of the new Condoleezza...

Schools threaten national Security report

started by Bonnie Sutton on 22 Mar 12 no follow-up yet

STEM http://usnewsstemsummit.com/ - 2 views

WASHINGTON, DC-October 18, 2011-U.S. News & World Report together with Innovate + Educate, STEMconnector™, and over 40 key organizations representing industry and education, will hold a major natio...

education jobs for the future Broadening engagement stem shortage skilss

started by Bonnie Sutton on 23 Oct 11 no follow-up yet

Is Everyone Really Equal? An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education - 15 views

Is Everyone Really Equal? An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education reviewed by Simon Funge - December 21, 2011 Title: Is Everyone Really Equal? An Introduction to Key Concepts ...

social justice equity education

started by Bonnie Sutton on 20 Jan 12 no follow-up yet

National Education Association goes after Arnie Duncan - 3 views

NEA goes after Education Secretary Arne Duncan By Valerie Strauss The Answer Sheet http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/nea-goes-after-education-secretary-arne-duncan/2011/07/...

Arnie Duncan School Reform standardized test failed education Policies. Nea Represenative Assembly

started by Bonnie Sutton on 03 Jul 11 no follow-up yet

The New Political Economy of Urban Education: Neoliberalism, Race, and the Right to the... - 2 views

(Summer 2011) http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=16509 The New Political Economy of Urban Education: Neoliberalism, Race, and the Right to the City reviewed by Noel S. Anderson ...

urban politics economy neoliberalism race city

started by Bonnie Sutton on 03 Sep 11 no follow-up yet

Information wants to be free, but does education? - 3 views

free information. ivy league spring online education

started by Bonnie Sutton on 13 Nov 12 no follow-up yet

Education and the income gap: Darling-Hammond - 1 views

Education and the income gap: Darling-Hammond http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/education-and-the-income-gap-darling-hammond/2012/04/26/gIQAHn0LkT_blog.html By Valerie Strau...

answer sheet inequality :; Education the income gap: Darling-Hammond

started by Bonnie Sutton on 27 Apr 12 no follow-up yet

Congress Likely to Stay Divided on Education - 2 views

Congress Likely to Stay Divided, Will Gridlock on K-12 Continue? By Alyson Klein on November 6, 2012 11:36 PM The U.S. House of Representatives is likely to stay in GOP hands and the Senate under ...

vouchers stem science and math teachers change in education

started by Bonnie Sutton on 07 Nov 12 1 follow-up, last by Bonnie Sutton on 07 Nov 12

National science test shows only slight improvement - 1 views

Over thirty years of investment in improving science education, and this is where we are. If you do the same thing over and over, why do you expect a different result? It's time for real change.

tests Stem subjects. science knowledge achievement gap ethnic disparity 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress

started by Bonnie Sutton on 11 May 12 1 follow-up, last by Harry Keller on 12 May 12

12 Education Tech Trends to Watch in 2012 - 2 views

12 Education Tech Trends to Watch in 2012 FILED UNDER: Culture, Learning Methods, Tech Tools http://mindshift.kqed.org/2012/01/12-education-tech-trends-to-watch-in-2012/ Looking ahead a...

Education Tech Trends educational ideas for the future

started by Bonnie Sutton on 05 Jan 12 no follow-up yet

U. of Illinois at Springfield Offers New 'Massive Open Online Course' - Wired Campus - ... - 1 views

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chronicle education illinois MOOC

shared by Claude Almansi on 22 Jun 11 - No Cached

Claude Almansi on 22 Jun 11

"June 21, 2011, 6:52 pm By Marc Parry "What happens when you invite the whole world to join an online class? As The Chronicle reported last year, a growing number of educators are giving that idea a try by offering free "massive open online courses," or MOOC's, to anyone who wants to learn. Today, that experimental idea gained some more traction in mainstream higher education. The University of Illinois at Springfield announced a new not-for-credit MOOC devoted to examining the state of online education and where e-learning is heading. Nearly 500 people from two dozen countries have registered so far, with 1,000 expected to sign up by the time the course begins next Monday. (...) Not enough MOOC for you? Stay tuned. Starting in September, another group will organize what the MOOC pioneer George Siemens calls the "Mother of all MOOCs." In a blog post Monday, Mr. Siemens welcomed the growing interest from traditional universities. And he countered the more skeptical take offered by another open-education leader, David Wiley, who wrote recently that "MOOCs and their like are not the answer to higher-education's problems." (...)"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"June 21, 2011, 6:52 pm By Marc Parry "What happens when you invite the whole world to join an online class? As The Chronicle reported last year, a growing number of educators are giving that idea a try by offering free "massive open online courses," or MOOC's, to anyone who wants to learn. Today, that experimental idea gained some more traction in mainstream higher education. The University of Illinois at Springfield announced a new not-for-credit MOOC devoted to examining the state of online education and where e-learning is heading. Nearly 500 people from two dozen countries have registered so far, with 1,000 expected to sign up by the time the course begins next Monday. (...) Not enough MOOC for you? Stay tuned. Starting in September, another group will organize what the MOOC pioneer George Siemens calls the "Mother of all MOOCs." In a blog post Monday, Mr. Siemens welcomed the growing interest from traditional universities. And he countered the more skeptical take offered by another open-education leader, David Wiley, who wrote recently that "MOOCs and their like are not the answer to higher-education's problems." (...)"</div>

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President Obama's unusual education roundtable - 1 views

Permalink to the article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/president-obamas-unusual-education-roundtable/2011/07/18/gIQAf3UJMI_blog.html (odd that the Diigo software didn't inc...

President Obama educators Roundtable Foundations

started by Bonnie Sutton on 23 Jul 11 1 follow-up, last by Claude Almansi on 23 Jul 11

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