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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...

technology scrapping of ayp well rounded education halt to federally directed interventions

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

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http://www.setda.org/web/guest/maximizingimpactreport In the report, Maximizing the Impact: "The Pivotal Role of Technology in a 21st Century Education System", the State Educational Technology Di...

technology setda ISTE 21st Century skills innovative teaching and learning robust educational support

started by Bonnie Sutton on 26 Oct 11 no follow-up yet

Supreme Court to weigh warrantless GPS tracking By Gautham Nagesh and Brendan Sasso The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday in a case to determine whether police need a warrant to trac...

the Hill patient data electronic medical records. gps

started by Bonnie Sutton on 04 Nov 11 no follow-up yet

free information. ivy league spring online education

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

It's not enough by itself. Teaching science has other problems related to cost and teacher training/support.

Michigan Eric Schmidt 8 + 1 inquiry Next Generation Science Standards

started by Bonnie Sutton on 08 Apr 12 1 follow-up, last by Harry Keller on 09 Apr 12

http://educationontheplate.com/2012/04/17/what-would-gandhi-do/ In its infinite wisdom, the New York State Education Department has increased the length of the state ELA and math tests by 50% this...

testing ayp increase in new york ELa

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

View slide show on original site. | View on Flickr on original site. Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning http://spotlight.macfound.org/blog/entry/jamming-the-system-standardized-t...

Ja the System: Standardized Tests Automated Grading Future of Writing robotic evaluation

started by Bonnie Sutton on 29 Apr 12 no follow-up yet

Hotmail Active View Innovation in ISD 199 ( at the Site_ Play video Inver Grove Heights Community Schools has been nationally recognized for the innovative use of technology in the classroom thro...

CoSn Mobile Learning Internet access technology

started by Bonnie Sutton on 07 Apr 12 no follow-up yet

******************************** From Education Week [American Education's Newspaper of Record], Tuesday, March 27, 2012. See http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/Bridging-Differences/ ------------------...

nation at risk diane ravitch race to the top Phillip Anschutz

started by Bonnie Sutton on 07 Apr 12 no follow-up yet

Globaloria Creator Idit Harel Caperton Discusses Her Recent Visit To East Austin College Prep http://blog.swkey.org/2012/03/12/idit-harel-caperton-interview/ Posted by Southwest Key on Mar 12, 201...

sITE cONFERENCE sXS bROADENING eNGAGEMENT MULTICULTURALISM

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

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

Guest Post: The United Nation's Take on Digital Citizenship Christine Kane on the Internet Governance Forum! This week the United Nations' Internet Governance Forum (IGF) met in Kenya. No one is...

Internet Governance UN take ideas on digital citzenship international citizenship

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

Plate tectonics is one of the more difficult science concepts to have a lab in. However, it's not necessary to have labs in every topic. Labs, beyond elementary school, are really for understandi...

games in the classroom gamification Pew. game elements

started by Bonnie Sutton on 18 May 12 5 follow-ups, last by Harry Keller on 19 May 12

Technology Cannot Disrupt Education From The Top Down Patrick Gibbon Education http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/18/education-technology-disrupt/ Editor's note: Guest contributor Patrick Gibbo...

education technology topdown disruptive

started by Bonnie Sutton on 19 Dec 11 no follow-up yet

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...

Apple future of education iPad economy scale

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

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

8:42am Dec 21 Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES) Program Do you know a high school junior that is extremely intelligent and hard working? Has this student been re...

Minority student challenging program free at MIT. application for a STEM

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

By MATT RICHTEL POST FALLS, Idaho - Ann Rosenbaum, a former military police officer in the Marines, does not shrink from a fight, having even survived a close encounter with a car bomb in Iraq. He...

High tech push online Idaho tablets Laptops vanguard. teacher back

started by Bonnie Sutton on 04 Jan 12 no follow-up yet

The Real Lessons of PISA By Diane Ravitch on December 14, 2010 9:13 AM Dear Deborah, When the results of the latest international assessment-the Program for International Student Assessment, or P...

Pisa sputnik moment achievement gap Shanghai Finland

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