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Broadband Adoption Key To Jobs and Education Connect To Compete - 1 views

Connect To Compete Overview http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/featured-news/broadband-adoption-key-to-jobs-and-education.html Washington, DC - Last week, Chairman Genachowski unveiled his pr...

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started by Bonnie Sutton on 21 Oct 11 no follow-up yet

The 'New' American Dilemma: STEM and Minorities - US News and World Report - 1 views

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2011/10/11/the-new-american-dilemma-stem-and-minorities The 'New' American Dilemma: STEM and Minorities - US News and World Report www.usnews.com The 'New' A...

STEM Broadening Engagement Minorities workforce readiness

started by Bonnie Sutton on 14 Oct 11 no follow-up yet

Report Dissects the Data on Underrepresented Students in STEM - 4 views

Here are my remarks on the recommendations. 1. Definitely improve training and support for science and math teachers. Change the way education colleges prepare these people. 2. Definitely expand...

Underrepresented Students STEM findings minorities

started by Bonnie Sutton on 12 Apr 12 3 follow-ups, last by Harry Keller on 14 Apr 12

Computer Science Education Week - 2 views

About CSEdWeek http://www.csedweek.org/about KEY FACTS | NEWSROOM | PARTNERS CSEdWeek 2011, December 4 to 10, 2011, is a highly distributed celebration of the impact of computing and the ...

CSED computer education information technology systems

started by Bonnie Sutton on 06 Dec 11 no follow-up yet

CSTA K-12 Computer Science Standards - 3 views

I see this development as good and bad. Firstly, what will CS replace in current curricula? You cannot add something without giving up something else. That said, CS has the benefit of teaching e...

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started by Bonnie Sutton on 01 Dec 11 1 follow-up, last by Harry Keller on 02 Dec 11

You Can't Afford Apple's Education Revolution - 3 views

Apple is picking low-hanging fruit, as usual, and making a nice profit at the same time. Will they remain an isolated provider of online texts for iPads at high prices, or will they move to expand...

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started by Bonnie Sutton on 24 Jan 12 1 follow-up, last by Harry Keller on 25 Jan 12

The facts that school reformers ignore - 1 views

By Valerie Strauss http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/the-facts-that-school-reformers-ignore/2012/01/23/gIQABWQRMQ_blog.html This was written by Richard Rothstein, a research...

The Answer Sheet Ed Reform

started by Bonnie Sutton on 24 Jan 12 no follow-up yet

Diane Ravitch Calls Herself A Voice For Teachers, In A Cruel Reform Movement - 3 views

Posted: 01/25/2012 2012 Professor Diane Ravitch is a big voice in education policy and a huge critic of No Child Left Behind. Yet, as former Assistant Secretary of Education under Preside...

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started by Bonnie Sutton on 28 Jan 12 no follow-up yet

The True Cost of High School Dropouts - 3 views

The True Cost of High School Dropouts By HENRY M. LEVIN and CECILIA E. ROUSE Published: January 25, 2012 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/opinion/the-true-cost-of-high-school-dropouts.html ...

started by Bonnie Sutton on 31 Jan 12 no follow-up yet

New Resources for NAEP Researchers Now Available - 0 views

New resources are now available to help researchers use data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). * The NAEP Primer on CD-ROM guides new researchers through the technical h...

Naep

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

Feds launch open-source 'Learning Registry' - 2 views

A new federal resource will help groups share learning materials and policy recommendations as they strive to improve the quality and availability of learning resources in education. Launched ...

learning registry

started by Bonnie Sutton on 20 Nov 11 no follow-up yet

Ed Tech Not Immune from Civil Rights Obligations, Feds Advise -- THE Journal - 1 views

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Claude Almansi on 02 Jun 11

By David Nagel 05/26/11 "...The United States Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights Thursday issued a "dear colleague letter" to public K-12 institutions (as well as a separate letter to higher education institutions) and a set of answers to frequently asked questions that expands on a letter sent out exclusively to college and university presidents last June (DCL). In the FAQ, OCR makes explicit some legal obligations of all education institutions, including K-12 institutions, to "ensure equal access to the educational benefits and opportunities afforded by the technology and equal treatment in the use of the technology for all students, including students with disabilities." At the same time, the FAQ said the intent is not to stifle the use of new and emerging technologies, but to "remind everyone that equal access for students with disabilities is the law and must be considered as new technology is integrated into the educational environment. ..."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">By David Nagel 05/26/11 "...The United States Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights Thursday issued a "dear colleague letter" to public K-12 institutions (as well as a separate letter to higher education institutions) and a set of answers to frequently asked questions that expands on a letter sent out exclusively to college and university presidents last June (DCL). In the FAQ, OCR makes explicit some legal obligations of all education institutions, including K-12 institutions, to "ensure equal access to the educational benefits and opportunities afforded by the technology and equal treatment in the use of the technology for all students, including students with disabilities." At the same time, the FAQ said the intent is not to stifle the use of new and emerging technologies, but to "remind everyone that equal access for students with disabilities is the law and must be considered as new technology is integrated into the educational environment. ..."</div>

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Claude Almansi on 02 Jun 11

Complements http://etcjournal.com/2010/07/06/ebook-readers-attempting-to-bugger-the_blind-bad-for-business/ and perhaps http://etcjournal.com/2011/03/19/nyu-northwestern-schools-adopting-google-apps-discriminate-against-the-blind/

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Complements <a href="http://etcjournal.com/2010/07/06/ebook-readers-attempting-to-bugger-the_blind-bad-for-business/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://etcjournal.com/2010/07/06/ebook-readers-attempting-to-bugger-the_blind-bad-for-business/</a> and perhaps <a href="http://etcjournal.com/2011/03/19/nyu-northwestern-schools-adopting-google-apps-discriminate-against-the-blind/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://etcjournal.com/2011/03/19/nyu-northwestern-schools-adopting-google-apps-discriminate-against-the-blind/</a></div>

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How teachers Facebook & tweet for students - 2 views

Net Family News Anne Collier Facebook and Twitter are very different but social utilities just the same, so there are about as many ways teachers use them as there are teachers. And their creativi...

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started by Bonnie Sutton on 10 Jun 11 no follow-up yet

Teaching in "Culture of Fear, Intimidation and Retaliation" - 6 views

URLs: quoted article: http://www.educationnews.org/ednews_today/159157.html originally published in http://npe.educationnews.org/Review/Essays/v7n7.htm (with appendices containing many further links)

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started by Bonnie Sutton on 01 Aug 11 1 follow-up, last by Claude Almansi on 01 Aug 11

Murdoch-Owned Wireless Generation's Contract Should Be Scratched, Teachers' Union Leade... - 0 views

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Claude Almansi on 15 Aug 11

Joy Resmovits Aug. 5, 2011 ""We have become increasingly concerned with the proposed contract," Michael Mulgrew and Richard Iannuzzi, who respectively head New York City's and the state's teachers' unions, wrote in the note. The letter is addressed to New York State Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch, state Commissioner of Education John King, Jr., and copied to State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. "It is especially troubling that Wireless Generation will be tasked with creating a centralized student database for personal information even as its parent company, News Corporation, stands accused of engaging in illegal news gathering tactics, including the hacking of private voicemail accounts," the letter reads. Murdoch acquired 90 percent of Wireless Generation for about $360 million last November. At the time of the acquisition, Murdoch said he saw K-12 education as a "$500 billion sector." Murdoch's first general move in the education sector had come just a few weeks earlier, when he tapped Joel Klein, then the chancellor of New York City's schools, to lead his education ventures. The Wireless Generation contracts were approved while Klein still ran the district, leading to speculation about the chancellor's intentions."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Joy Resmovits Aug. 5, 2011 ""We have become increasingly concerned with the proposed contract," Michael Mulgrew and Richard Iannuzzi, who respectively head New York City's and the state's teachers' unions, wrote in the note. The letter is addressed to New York State Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch, state Commissioner of Education John King, Jr., and copied to State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. "It is especially troubling that Wireless Generation will be tasked with creating a centralized student database for personal information even as its parent company, News Corporation, stands accused of engaging in illegal news gathering tactics, including the hacking of private voicemail accounts," the letter reads. Murdoch acquired 90 percent of Wireless Generation for about $360 million last November. At the time of the acquisition, Murdoch said he saw K-12 education as a "$500 billion sector." Murdoch's first general move in the education sector had come just a few weeks earlier, when he tapped Joel Klein, then the chancellor of New York City's schools, to lead his education ventures. The Wireless Generation contracts were approved while Klein still ran the district, leading to speculation about the chancellor's intentions."</div>

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CEC | Ask Arne: A Conversation with the Council for Exceptional Children's (CEC) Member... - 0 views

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shared by Claude Almansi on 25 Sep 11 - No Cached

Claude Almansi on 25 Sep 11

"As I have travelled across the country visiting schools and classrooms and talking with teachers and parents, I have heard many questions about our plans at the U.S. Department of Education to support children with disabilities, their families, and the teachers who educate them and fight for them daily. To hear more about the issues affecting students with disabilities and their teachers, I asked CEC to contact members through an e-mail blast. Your response was overwhelming. Though CEC received more questions than we could possibly answer here, I have worked with your leadership to identify some of the central questions for educators of children with disabilities, and I have worked with my staff at the Department so that we can address them in this document. I would like to thank CEC members and all teachers of children with disabilities for their outstanding compassion and commitment and for the range of complex skills and talents you bring to teaching your students every day."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"As I have travelled across the country visiting schools and classrooms and talking with teachers and parents, I have heard many questions about our plans at the U.S. Department of Education to support children with disabilities, their families, and the teachers who educate them and fight for them daily. To hear more about the issues affecting students with disabilities and their teachers, I asked CEC to contact members through an e-mail blast. Your response was overwhelming. Though CEC received more questions than we could possibly answer here, I have worked with your leadership to identify some of the central questions for educators of children with disabilities, and I have worked with my staff at the Department so that we can address them in this document. I would like to thank CEC members and all teachers of children with disabilities for their outstanding compassion and commitment and for the range of complex skills and talents you bring to teaching your students every day."</div>

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Free Trips Raise Issues for Officials in Education - 2 views

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/10/education/10winerip.html?pagewanted=all%3Fsrc%3Dtp&smid=fb-share&src=ISMR_AP_LI_LST_FBON EDUCATION Free Trips Raise Issues for Officials in Education By MI...

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

NCES Announces the 2012 National Forum on Education Statistics and the 25th Annual NCES... - 0 views

NCES Announces the 2012 National Forum on Education Statistics and the 25th Annual NCES Management Information Systems (MIS) Conference The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) will be s...

MIS conference National NCES Forum Education Statistics K-12 Information systems

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

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.

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

What teachers don't need (but are getting anyway) - 1 views

What teachers don't need (but are getting anyway) By Valerie Strauss This was written by Paul Thomas, an associate professor of education at Furman University in South Carolina. A version of th...

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started by Bonnie Sutton on 18 May 12 no follow-up yet

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