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Understanding Digital Kids (DKs): Teaching and Learning in the New Digital Landscape - 1 views

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    By Ian Jukes and Anita Dosaj, The InfoSavvy Group, Sept 2006. Jukes and Dosaj look at the challenges of digital immigrants (e.g. adults) effectively teaching digital natives (today's kids).
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    In the forum (Table 4: Thinkers) there is a PDF of an earlier version of this resouce (2004).
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North Carolina New Schools Project (NCNSP) - 1 views

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    NCNSP works with school districts and educators to develop more than 100 innovative high schools in every region of the state. NCNSP partners with colleges and universities, state and local government, and supporters in business and philanthropy. The organization provides a full range of services and supports to enhance the knowledge and skills of educators in new schools.
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PurposeGames.com - 1 views

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    This is a site where users can create educational trivia and quiz games, and share them.
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Early College High School Initiative - 1 views

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    *Publications
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    Early College High School Initiative "partner organizations...have started or redesigned more than 230 schools in 28 states and the District of Columbia." Their Publications tab offers resources on creating an early college high school, as well as policy issues.
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Lineaumts: Stephen Downes (Connectivism) - 1 views

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    A rubber ducky personal learning network--could this be a model for a personal reflection--knowledge building exercise for IL teachers, students?
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Woodrow Wilson Early College High School Initiative Shared Characteristics - 0 views

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    Presented by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, this page discusses such shared characteristics as core principles, college-wide commitment to the EC partnership, and adopting strategies that are research-based.
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Edutopia - 0 views

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    Website of the George Lucas Educational Foundation. The site supports the work of the foundation, providing resources for and about schools. The "Foundation is dedicated to improving the K-12 learning process by documenting, disseminating, and advocating for innovative, replicable, and evidence-based strategies that prepare students to thrive in their future education, careers, and adult lives."
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College Success Foundation (CSF) - 0 views

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    The College Success Foundation guides underserved, low-income students to finish high school, and provides the system of supports and scholarships needed for students to graduate college and succeed in life.
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Community College Week Blog - 0 views

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    Official blog site for Community College Week.
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Marzano Research Laboratory - 0 views

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    Research-driven professional development for teachers and principals to aid in student learning.
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Smart Scholars Early College High School (ECHS) Program - 0 views

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    Smart Scholars was a grant program sponsored by the New York State Education Department. This page includes information for participants. See the Questions and Answers from the Field link to learn more about the program.
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Data Use Toolkit (part of Early College Designs) - 0 views

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    Built by Jobs for the Future (JFF), this toolkit helps Early Colleges organize, analyze and understand their data.
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Sedlacek, Dr. William - 0 views

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    Website for Sedlacek, Professor Emeritus of Education, University of Maryland, College Park. Sedlacek has published extensively on non-cognitive indicators of college readiness, as well as other aspects of under-served populations in education.
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AVID (college readiness system) - 0 views

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    Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) "is an elementary through postsecondary college readiness system that is designed to increase schoolwide learning and performance." According to their website, AVID began in 1980 at Clairemont High School and now serves "over 400,000 students in nearly 4,500 elementary and secondary schools in 47 states, the District of Columbia and across 16 countries/territories.
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Goal 2025 - 0 views

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    Lumina Foundation for Education program with the goal to "increase the percentage of Americans with high-quality post secondary degrees and credentials to 60 percent by the year 2025."
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Gateway to College - 0 views

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    The Gateway to College National Network offers two major programs: for the 1/3 of high school students who earn their diploma but are not academically prepared for college work (Project DEgree) and for the 1/3 who don't graduate (Gateway to College).
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Cal-PASS - California Partnership for Achieving Student Success - 0 views

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    From the Overview, "Cal-PASS is an initiative that collects, analyzes and shares student data in order to track performance and improve success from elementary school through university."
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    One Jam participant noted that data from Cal-PASS was useful in helping them gauge their students' success post-graduation.
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National Student Clearinghouse - 0 views

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    From About Us, the Clearinghouse is a non-profit and "the nation's trusted source for student degree and enrollment verification." In addition to "verification reporting systems," the organization also has a research arm.
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Senate ESEA Draft Bill Would Scrap Adequate Yearly Progress - 0 views

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    By Alyson Klein in the Politics K-12 blog of Education Week, October 11 2011. The blog post outlines the recent Harkin proposal for reauthorization of ESEA/NCLB
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Philadelphia College Prep Roundtable (PCPR) - 0 views

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    A network of professionals from non-profit and campus-based college prep programs, university admissions and financial aid offices, and the School District of Philadelphia. The aim of this group is to increase the number of Philadelphia high school students who are college-ready, matriculate and graduate from post-secondary institutions.
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