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New app lets you photograph space from your iPad
Slooh, a company known for its helpful live feeds of awesome astronomical events, has just released a fun, free iPad app that gives regular folk command of robotic space cameras…
California to spend more to educate poor, non-English speakers
Public schools in California would receive significantly more money to educate students from disadvantaged backgrounds under a deal announced on Tuesday that would dramatically reshape public school funding in the…
Using a learning management system to meet digital content needs
As new learning technologies and digital tools appear in classrooms, educators may become overwhelmed as they try to integrate these ed-tech tools into their lessons. But they might find help…
IEPs shouldn’t just be about “Special Ed”
Four of my five children have been on an IEP (Individual Education Plan) at one point or another in their lives, Christopher Dawson reports for BigThink.com. …
Teachers pose with their guns
December’s massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut jarred parents and teachers around Ohio, CNN reports.…
Grouping by ability in classrooms is back in fashion. Is this good for kids?
In today’s New York Times, Vivian Yee reports on the supposed reemergence of elementary school ability tracking, in which teachers split students into smaller groups of advanced, regular, or slow…
High school scientists innovate new medical therapies
Heart attack therapies can leave patients with an elevated risk of future heart failure, but four California high school students have a solution, reports U.S. News & World Report.…
Separating fact from fiction about the Common Core standards
Here is some information to help educators respond to frequently asked questions about the Common Core standards.…
Gates Foundation looking to make nice with teachers
Though widely viewed as a critic of teachers and their unions, the world's largest foundation has begun reaching out to them in new ways, sending the message it wants to…
Department of Ed announces new school competition
In yet another move to try and spur education reform, the U.S. Department of Education announced last week $300 million in potential competitive grants that would allow schools to redesign…