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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

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

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/the-most-least-literate-big-us-cities/2012/01/26/gIQAluv9SQ_blog.html Valerie Strauss Washington, D.C., is the most literate big city in the ...

started by Bonnie Sutton on 26 Jan 12 no follow-up yet

Michelle Rhee's empty claims about her D.C. schools record http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/michelle-rhees-empty-claims-about-her-dc-schools-record/2012/01/30/gIQAATFjdQ_blo...

Rhee false test data reporting Shanker Institute

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

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/05/schools-and-students-clash-over-use-of-technology/

schools students use of social media

started by Bonnie Sutton on 16 Jul 12 no follow-up yet

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

Report: Social networking sites and our lives Questions have been raised about the social impact of widespread use of social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, and Twitter. Do thes...

Report on social media networks support community engagement.

started by Bonnie Sutton on 16 Jun 11 no follow-up yet

Struggling with information overload Monday, August 1st, 2011 | Article http://www.larrysworld.com/2011/08/01/struggling-with-information-overload/ by Larry Magid This arti...

Larry Magid Informaiton overload social media brain function

started by Bonnie Sutton on 01 Aug 11 no follow-up yet

Why Johnny can't program -- and how that can change Today's schools are actually turning kids away from computer science, and it will take innovative programs to reverse the trend By Neil McAll...

middle school children's programming agent sheets computer science computing

started by Bonnie Sutton on 05 Aug 11 no follow-up yet

Education, and Outreach Service mission is driven by the critical need to advance computational science and engineering by recruiting, preparing, and sustaining a large and diverse scientific acade...

Teragrid becomes XSEDE advanced computational science and engineering

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

A few clippings. The Save Our Schools March http://www.washingtonpost.com/local By Valerie Strauss "I don't know where I would be today if my teachers' job security was based on how I performed o...

Paul Gorski Save Schools Rally Diane Ravitz Alfie Kohn teachers Tired Teacher Blog Answersheet White House Invitation to our Leaders

started by Bonnie Sutton on 01 Aug 11 no follow-up yet

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)

School cheating culture of fear leadership abusive administrative behavior

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

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-magid/parents-children-internet-use-_b_960401.html

FOSI SBalkam parents Internet use parental controls

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

http://www.fosi.org/research/900-who-needs-parental-controls.html A Survey Of Awareness, Attitudes, And Use Of Online Parental Controls Findings From A National Survey Among Parents FOSI believes ...

Fosi Parents use of internet social network infograph

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

http://cellular-news.com/story/51224.php By: Simon Davies | 6th Oct 2011: 4:57pm The US telecoms regulator has outlines plans to reform the Universal Service Fund (USF) and Intercarrier Compe...

julius Genachowski Rural telephony Universal Service fund Connect America Intercarrier compensaton

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

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

TeraGrid '11: Extreme Digital Discovery https://www.teragrid.org/web/tg11/home July 18-21, 2011 Marriott Downtown Hotel Salt Lake City, Utah The TeraGrid 2011 conference will showcase the ...

Teragrid GIG University of Chicago Open Science Discovery visualization and modeling scientific databases preparing the next generation experts

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

http://sc11.supercomputing.org/ Follow SC11: SC11 will feature the latest scientific and technical innovations from around the world. Bringing together scientists, engineers, researchers, educa...

SC11 Tutorials Broader engagement student volunteers education HOC Paralle computing communities

started by Bonnie Sutton on 22 Jun 11 no follow-up yet

WH Twitter ------------ What would you #AskObama? Tomorrow's event has the White House all a-Twitter. At 2pm EDT, President Obama will participate in the first Twitter town hall at the White Hous...

Twitter Town Hall economy jobs WHGov.llive.

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