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By Valerie Strauss http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/hawaii-teachers-reject-contract-in-blow-to-race-to-the-top/2012/01/20/gIQA2KHCGQ_blog.html Public school teachers in Hawa...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/what-parents-say-testing-is-doing-to-their-kids/2012/05/30/gJQABJCz2U_blog.html?fb_ref=NetworkNews
By April Dembosky in San Francisco and Maija Palmer in London A war for talent is raging in Silicon Valley where internet companies, from big groups such as Google down to the smallest start-u...
http://www.guide2digitallearning.com/blog_brad_flickinger/educational_technology_bill_rights_students Educational Technology Bill of Rights for Students by Brad Flickinger ShareThis The followin...
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...
The American Educational Research Association recently held its annual conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, where a number of NRC activities were highlighted. Robert Hauser, executive direct...
Recognizing the vital role that High Performance Computing (HPC) plays in national competitiveness, on November 8th 24 U.S. Senators signed off on a letter to the White House asking the Administrat...
http://thepowerofus.org/2012/05/11/science-achievement-hampered-by-the-policies-and-the-test-police-and-lack-of-understanding-of-the-joy-of-learning/
Jeremy Roschelle, John Brecht, Jennifer Knudsen, Teresa Lara-Meloy, Charles Patton, Ken Rafanan,Patti Schank, Anna Werner This project is developing and conducting initial tests of a highly innova...
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2012/06/maker_faire_and_science_education_american_kids_should_be_building_rockets_and_robots_not_taking_standardized_tests_.html?fb_ref=sm_fb_...
http://benton.org/node/85086 The Federal Communications Commission conducted the first nationwide test of residential wireline broadband service finding that: For most major broadband providers, ac...
In a previous post, I outlined how we could harness social media for learning in order to: assess account for professional development advocate in order to promote our schools. I rec...
Teachers kick off Save Our Schools rally in Washington, D.C. A four-day rally known as the Save Our Schools March and National Call to Action is taking place in Washington, D.C., with teachers gath...
Telecompetitor.com By Andrew Burger With Americans spending 6%-12% of their incomes on utility bills, the rising cost of energy and other natural resources, e.g. water, continues to be a major...
By Stephen Sawchuk on July 2, 2011 4:12 PM | No comments | No recommendations The delegation just passed New Business Item B, which encourages all NEA members to participate in the "Save Our Schoo...
