the whole child - 1 views
"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education." -- Einstein Learn what's really happening in the world of education with veteran education writer Valerie Strauss and her guest ...
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WHO | New world report shows more than 1 billion people with disabilities face substant... - 0 views
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Claude Almansi on 19 Jun 11"New world report shows more than 1 billion people with disabilities face substantial barriers in their daily lives Governments should step up efforts to enable access to mainstream services and to invest in specialized programmes to unlock the vast potential of people with disabilities News release 9 June 2011 | New York - WHO and the World Bank today revealed new global estimates that more than one billion people experience some form of disability. They urged governments to step up efforts to enable access to mainstream services and to invest in specialized programmes to unlock the vast potential of people with disabilities. World report on disability provides global estimates The first-ever World report on disability provides the first global estimates of persons with disabilities in 40 years and an overview of the status of disability in the world. New research shows that almost one-fifth of the estimated global total of persons living with disabilities, or between 110-190 million, encounter significant difficulties. The report stresses that few countries have adequate mechanisms in place to respond to the needs of people with disabilities. Barriers include stigma and discrimination, lack of adequate health care and rehabilitation services; and inaccessible transport, buildings and information and communication technologies. As a result, people with disabilities experience poorer health, lower educational achievements, fewer economic opportunities and higher rates of poverty than people without disabilities. "Disability is part of the human condition," says WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan. "Almost every one of us will be permanently or temporarily disabled at some point in life. We must do more to break the barriers which segregate people with disabilities, in many cases forcing them to the margins of society.""
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Claude Almansi on 19 Jun 11Direct link to the report download page: http://www.who.int/entity/disabilities/world_report/2011/en/index.html
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...
From the River to the Sea Chesapeake Bay to the Ocean - 1 views
From the River to the Sea- and Ocean Literacy By bonniebraceysutton The Chesapeake Bay Today, the Chesapeake yields more fish and shellfish than any other estuary in the countr...
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...
The New Digital Divide - 2 views
December 3, 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/opinion/sunday/internet-access-and-the-new-divide.html The New Digital Divide By SUSAN P. CRAWFORD FOR the second year in a row, the Monday...
Ravitch: What Scrooge might think of modern school reform - 4 views
Ravitch: What Scrooge might think of modern school reform By Valerie Strauss This was written by education historian Diane Ravitch for her Bridging Differences blog, which she co-authors with Debor...
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 ...
PLAYBACK: Race, Class and Technology Use - 1 views
There are great videos on the site of the McArthur Foundation.
For At-Risk Youth, is Learning Digital Media a Luxury? - 1 views
July 22, 2011 | 2:20 PM | By Tina Barseghian DIGITAL DIVIDE For At-Risk Youth, is Learning Digital Media a Luxury? FILED UNDER: Culture, Learning Methods, Research, Tech Tools, digital media, mobi...
Grand Challenges and Explorations - 1 views
http://www.impatientoptimists.org/Posts/2011/04/Grand-Challenges-Explorations-One-Great-Idea-Two-Pages This is a grant for innovation in health from the Gates Foundation
Why school reform can't ignore poverty's toll - 1 views
Why school reform can't ignore poverty's toll http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/why-school-reform-cant-ignore-povertys-toll/2011/10/07/gIQAYPHMUL_blog.html By Valerie Strauss...
Reauthorization of ESEA - 1 views
By Alyson Klein A long-stalled, bipartisan rewrite of the widely-disparaged No Child Left Behind Act approved by the Senate education committee on Thursday faces steep political hurdles, with opp...
Digital Divides and Bridges: Technology Use Among Youth - 1 views
diwnload PDF Digital Divides and Bridges: Technology Use Among Youth Presentation on the site http://pewinternet.org/Presentations/2012/Apr/Digital-Divides-and-Bridges-Technology-Use-Among-Youth....
Subject: Teacher Depreciation Week | NationofChange - 1 views
Subject: Teacher Depreciation Week | NationofChange Date: May 13, 2012 10:05:09 AM EDT http://www.nationofchange.org/teacher-depreciation-week-1336829721 Sent from my iPad Teacher Depreciation ...
The War on Teachers, - 1 views
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/the-war-on-teachers-why-the-public-is-watching-it-happen/2012/03/11/gIQAD3XH6R_blog.html The war on teachers: Why the public is watching it hap...
The war on teachers: Why the public is watching it happen - 0 views
By Valerie Strauss This was written by Mark Naison, professor of African and African American Studies at Fordham University in New York and chair of the department of African and African-American S...
Einstein Fellowship Program Overview - 0 views
Einstein Fellowship Program Overview Announcements Apply to 2012-2013 Einstein Fellowship The Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program provides a unique professional development o...
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...
Mobile Multiplier or Mobile Divider? - 1 views
Mobile Multiplier or Mobile Divider? http://bigthink.com/ideas/41809 Dominic Basulto on January 4, 2012, 9:28 PM inShare12 Mobile_divide_mobile_multiplier The rapid proliferation of mobil...