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Innovative schools share ideas to improve learning
Failing 9th grade for the second year in row, A.J. Swan had accepted that he wasn't going to graduate from his Vermont high school. He'd barely made it…
House committee targets education funding
Republicans controlling the House of Representatives pressed ahead May 21 with a plan to slash spending on certain domestic programs—including education—far deeper than the cuts these departments already…
Twelve learning technologies with big education potential
Technologies that enable more personalized learning are poised at the forefront of learning trends, according to this year's Horizon Report K-12, an annual report that forecasts learning technologies…
D.C. charter school would teach all but math and English online
A controversial computer-based learning model is competing with eight other proposals to be one of the next charter schools approved for the District, the Washington Examiner reports. …
Sensors are everywhere, and a new project wants to bring them to the classroom for cheap
One interesting element of Google I/O this year were the sensors laid out everywhere around Moscone tracking environmental data throughout the event, TechCrunch reports.…
Medical schooling for children?
We shudder at the thought of half of young Americans not being able to place New York on a map, Forbes reports. …
Free school offering ‘cross-subject’ learning approved by Michael Gove
The Guardian reports that an unorthodox secondary school offering "cross-subject projects" rather than traditional classroom lessons, is among the latest tranche of free schools to be approved.…
Keys to Successful Mobile Learning
Mobile learning has grown exponentially in K-12 schools, allowing educators to deliver a more engaging and personalized experience for students that doesn’t end when the school bell rings.…
Empowering Education with Video
Communication has changed, and students and educators are increasingly using video technologies in all aspects of education.…
Preparing for Common Core Assessments
High-stakes testing is about to change dramatically. As states and school districts strive to implement the Common Core standards and welcome more rigorous, online exams in 2014, school…
STAR: School Technology Action Report
Stay on top of the key developments affecting education technology. Become a star in your classroom, school, district, college, or university with the STAR series—carefully selected reports composed…
New additions to PBS LearningMedia cover the Constitution, Shakespeare, and more
PBS LearningMedia has added new content to its free repository of digital teaching materials, which now includes more than 30,000 resources, PBS says.…
SOPHIA.org launches free college readiness tools
With the cost of higher education skyrocketing and two-thirds of today’s students unprepared academically for college, SOPHIA.org has launched a new program called “Operation College Success,” offering free…
Weebly lets you easily create websites for class projects and more
Weebly for Education is a free online service that is perfect for creating classroom websites, student blogs or e-portfolios, and websites for assigned projects. Its drag-and-drop website editor…
