you simply cannot fix America’s schools by “scaling” charter schools. It won’t
work. Charter schools offer proof of the concept that great teaching is a huge
difference-maker, but charters can only absorb a tiny fraction of the nation’s
50 million public schoolchildren. Real reform has to go beyond charters — and it
has to include the unions.
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Generating electricity with a shoe | ExtremeTech - 0 views
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Professor Dede had pointed out that mobile phones may hold the key to improving access to educational technology. One of the bottlenecks seem to be access to power in remote areas. This invention seems to be promising in renewable 'human powered' energy. Granted that any new invention has to go a long way before it becomes commercially viable, but I was a bit disappointed at the flippant tone of the author towards the end of the article.
Lean Start-Ups Reach Beyond Silicon Valley's Turf - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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"applying computer vision to agriculture" - pure innovation
Creating Artificial Intelligence Based on the Real Thing - NYTimes.com - 2 views
Studying Human-Robot Interactions - The Daily Beast - 0 views
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Interesting study on how human beings interact with robots and how to make robots 'friendly' to humans.
IBM Projects It Will Have World's Most Powerful Supercomputer in Two Years, Artificial ... - 2 views
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"IBM is working with DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, on a "cognitive computer" that would simulate the same number of neurons as the human brain, upwards of 100 billion". Wonder how 'human' it will be?
An Art Installation Sculpted by a Team of Swarming Autonomous Flying Robots | Popular S... - 2 views
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The future is coming closer :-)
White House Pushes for Weighing Race in Admissions - NYTimes.com - 2 views
We know diversity in tech is a problem, but what's the solution? | VentureBeat - 3 views
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"This is our second Sputnik moment. At a time when women hold only 24 percent of STEM jobs and blacks and Hispanics also fare poorly in these fields, we better get this argument about diversity of talent right or else it's going to be a very expensive moment, indeed."
Idaho Becomes Fourth State to Require Online Classes - High School Notes (usnews.com) - 0 views
High School-College Hybrid Grooms Students for Jobs - High School Notes (usnews.com) - 1 views
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Interesting idea!
Education Week: Scaling Up a Video Game-Learning Link - 1 views
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How well-designed video games can help education reform.
Let's Get Ready Offers Help for College Admissions - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Intrinsic motivation couple with mentorship really helps!
How About Better Parents? - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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"The performance advantage among students whose parents read to them in their early school years is evident regardless of the family's socioeconomic background. Parents' engagement with their 15-year-olds is strongly associated with better performance in PISA."
Teacher Training Should Start Before iPad Deployment -- THE Journal - 3 views
Barnes & Noble's Nook Tablet challenges 'deficient' Kindle Fire - GeekWire - 1 views
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Let the tablet price war begin!
Two Schools of Thought: The Key Difference Between Apple and Google - 1 views
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Nice contrast - one company believes in design and the other in data.
Closing the talent gap: Attracting and retaining top third graduates to a career in tea... - 0 views
Teaching With the Enemy - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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Nice article on the challenges in school reform - An excerpt from the article - " you simply cannot fix America's schools by "scaling" charter schools. ...... Charter schools offer proof of the concept that great teaching is a huge difference-maker, but charters can only absorb a tiny fraction of the nation's 50 million public schoolchildren. Real reform has to go beyond charters - and it has to include the unions."
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