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Library Of Congress Unveils Massive Common Core Resource Center - Edudemic - 0 views

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  • Brandon Pousley on 03 Dec 12
     
    Government sponsored Common Core resources for teachers. I searched around quickly and it looks like a great resource to find original documents, sources etc.
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Online learning caucus coming to Congress - 1 views

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  • Yan Feng on 14 Nov 11
     
    Hope policy makers' gain a better understanding of online education.
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Idaho teachers union leader has tough task ahead - Boston.com - 2 views

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  • "But I worry, are we experimenting on our kids? Where's the research that shows one-to-one computing devices, requiring online course, is going to help students achieve greater?"
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      Chris McEnroe on 26 Nov 11
       
      I don't know what good decision making should look like in Idaho but this particular comment by Penni Cyr has gut-wrenching irony when you consider how much experimentation goes on in schools. I commented in class a few weeks ago about how Student-teaching is experimentation with no measurement for the net loss of learning as the result of having an apprentice teacher. I don't mind having good discussion and even arguments- but let's start with substantive premises. Yikes!
    • Allison Browne
      Allison Browne on 28 Nov 11
       
      I think that the union position would be that experimentatin should be carried out on pilot programs first to create stronger buy-in from the communities. Also, the student-teacher "experiment" is supposed to be monitored by a mentor teacher who hopefully prevents large losses of learning. The relationship between states and unions right now is very negative and it would be helpful if the union could make statements that are embracing of change but the legislation has pushed them into a corner so both sides sound as intractible as Congress. Very frustrating.
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How to Rescue Education Reform - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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  • No Child Left Behind also let states use statistical gimmicks to report performance
  • ” federal financing should be conditioned on truth in advertisin
  • To shed light on equity and cost-effectiveness, states should be required to report school- and district-level spending; the resources students receive should be disclosed, not only their achievement.
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  • efforts to reduce inequities have too often led to onerous and counterproductive micromanagement.
  • it comes to brain science, language acquisition or the impact of computer-assisted tutoring, federal financing for reliable research is essential. 
  • , competitive federal grants that support innovation while providing political cover for school boards, union leaders and others to throw off anachronistic routines.
  • , dictates from Congress turn into gobbledygook as they travel from the Education Department to state education agencies and then to local school districts
  • it’s not surprising that well-intentioned demands for “bold” federal action on school improvement have a history of misfiring. They stifle problem-solving, encourage bureaucratic blame avoidance and often do more harm than good.
  • Chris McEnroe on 06 Dec 11
     
    The headline promises more than the article delivers. It mainly identifies the limited effectiveness that the federal government can have. There are no specific "how to's" here and no mention of technology whatsoever, perhaps because that would be too specific a focus for the scope of the article. These are prominent figures in a prominent publication having a conversation that could have taken place in 1980. How do we change that? The absence of real civic engagement on issues about education is the missing link in education reform. I wonder if we can organize public discourse on the internet more effectively to have formal impact on civic activism and administration.
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US Congressman Introduces Measure to Address Crisis in K-12 Computer Science Education - 0 views

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  • Jason Outlaw on 22 Sep 10
     
    The further along I go, the more I am realizing that we have fully arrived in the information age. For our nation to compete globally - we must get out of the trap of growing media consumers, technology consumers, and information consumers. We must grow a generation of students who not only use technology, but understand technology so that they can become active technology producers, so that they can create, innovate, imagine, and disrupt. Possibly, understanding computer science will be as important as learning to read and write - the new literacy.
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