Carrots , Sticks and the Bully Pulpit - 0 views
The US Dept of Education just uploaded a video called "Carrots, Sticks, and the Bully Pulpit - a discussion at the U.S. Department of Education" . Description: "A special conversation about a new ...
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The Broadband Imperative - 2 views
The Broadband Imperative provides an up-to-date assessment of access to broadband by students and teachers (in and out of schools); current trends driving the need for more broadband in teaching, l...
Jamming the System: Standardized Tests, Automated Grading and the Future of Writing - 2 views
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...
Making Progress: Rethinking State and School District Policies Concerning Mobile Techno... - 1 views
Making Progress: Rethinking State and School District Policies Concerning Mobile Technologies and Social Media pdf http://www.cosn.org/Default.aspx?TabId=12543 BACKGROUND It is...
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...
Pew study: E-readers have caught on quickly - 1 views
By Jeff Gelles Inquirer Staff Writer More than one in five Americans now say they have read a book electronically in the last year. Here's what's happening on the plugged-in side of the digital di...
McGraw Hill to Award $25,000 to Innovative STEM Educators - 0 views
McGraw-Hill Education just launched the STEM Innovative Educator Awards to recognize and reward teachers who are finding innovative ways to reach today's students. The awards, known as the STEMIEs,...
Are You Ready for Common Core Math? 2014 will be here sooner than you think. - 0 views
http://www.districtadministration.com/article/are-you-ready-common-core-math By: Alan Dessoff District Administration, March 2012 An elementary student in the San Francisco Unified School District ...
A Perfect Storm Hits Public Schools - 1 views
By Anthony Cody on February 22, 2012 11:35 AM http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/living-in-dialogue/2012/02/a_perfect_storm_hits_public_sc.html Guest post by Steven Sellers Lapham. Note: Steven Sel...
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...
Is Everyone Really Equal? An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education - 14 views
Is Everyone Really Equal? An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education reviewed by Simon Funge - December 21, 2011 Title: Is Everyone Really Equal? An Introduction to Key Concepts ...
Ten Education Predictions for 2012 Answer Sheet - 1 views
10 education predictions for 2012 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/10-education-predictions-for-2012/2011/12/29/gIQAB2PbPP_blog.html By Valerie Strauss This was written by La...
Misunderstanding Race and the Digital Divide - 2 views
Misunderstanding Race and the Digital Divide by Joseph Miller Guest Contributor on December 16, 2011 "One of the surest signs of the Philistine is his reverence for the superior tastes of those w...
I can Grow Youth Garden Award - 2 views
Burpee Home Gardens® is now accepting applications for the 2012 "I Can Grow" Youth Garden Award through Friday, Dec. 23, 2011. http://www.burpeehomegardens.com/ICanGrow/_YouthGardenAward.aspx ...
How to Rescue Education Reform - 1 views
How to Rescue Education Reform Gracía Lam By FREDERICK M. HESS and LINDA DARLING-HAMMOND Published: December 5, 2011 SHARE THE debate over renewing No Child Left Behind, the education reform ac...
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...
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...
New coalition seeks to protect future of broadcasting - 1 views
New coalition seeks to protect future of broadcasting By Gautham Nagesh A diverse coalition of businesses and public interest organizations will launch Tuesday with an aim of safeguarding the futu...
" School Libraries: What's Now, What's Next, What's Yet to Come" - 3 views
" School Libraries: What's Now, What's Next, What's Yet to Come" is a free e-book edited by Kristin Fontichiaro, clinical assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Information, an...
National Cyber Security Alliance Announces New Agreement with the U.S. Department of Ed... - 0 views
National Cyber Security Alliance Announces New Agreement with the U.S. Department of Education, NIST and National Cybersecurity Education Council to Promote Formal Cyber Security Education Programs...