1 NCLB fix lagging in Congress

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18N.J. district teaches math with iPadst

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1 Stakeholders rip EETT’s demise
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37 Turning data into achievement
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24 eSN Special Feature
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Our handy guide might help.

28 Education in Focus
Handheld and visual technologies can help at-risk kids learn math.

1 Feds to update student privacy law

1 Survey finds gaps in ed-tech support

1 ACLU to schools: Stop using anti-gay web filters

1 Next up for education: Teacher avatars?

3 Six technologies soon to affect schools

8 Judge rejects plans for Google digital library

10 Teachers want more technology, collaboration

12 ED sticks by controversial online-learning rule

13 Online Teacher of the Year shares strategies for success

14 Educators disappointed with Cisco’s camera flip

15 Obama: Too much testing makes education boring

16 Rural schools face uphill climb for funding

16 Program brings solar panels, curriculum to schools

17 What the U.S. can learn about boosting teacher quality

17 Students excel in STEM gaming challenge

18 How to lead change successfully in uncertain times

18 New products make IP telephony easier, more secure

19 FY11 budget deal eliminates ed-tech funding

20 Deal to combine AT&T, T-Mobile raises questions

22 $1.5M grant jump-starts teacher development

3 Online Update

6 Default Lines

6 Your Turn

21 eSchool of the Month

31 Security Checkpoint

32 Netwatch

33 Learning Leadership

34 Grants & Funding

35 Stakeholder & Community Relations

36 Online Calendar

36 Tech Buyer’s Marketplace

37 Advertisers’ Showcase

38 eSchool Partners

30 Reading and technology A new online service from Capstone Digital applies the Netflix model to literacy to get kids interested in reading. — Jenna Zwang

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15 Obama: Too much testing… For more news and opinion on education reform, see our online School Reform Center: www.eschoolnews.com/reform

19 FY11 budget deal… For the latest in school funding news, go to
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31 Netwatch
Ten great sites with free teacher resources.

32 Viewpoint
Why education is not like business.

1 Feds seek better union-district harmony

1 Report: Blended learning could hit or miss

1 Obama budget gives education a boost

3 Expert: Federal school reform plan is wrong

8 GPS technology helps lower truancy rates

10 Jobs breaks from medical leave to unveil iPad 2

12 Federal broadband map shows need for connectivity

14 States make gains in building data systems

16 A call for curriculum to support common standards

17 Schools to get $9M for off-campus wireless access

18 AASA conference focuses on collaboration

18 TCEA seeks to remove barriers from tech access

21 Collective bargaining rights at stake in many states

26 Tech-savvy superintendents honored in Denver

3 Online Update

6 Default Lines

6 Your Turn

28 Education in Focus

34 Grants & Funding

35 Stakeholder & Community Relations

36 Online Calendar

36 Tech Buyer’s Marketplace

37 Product Spotlight

37 Advertisers’ Showcase

38 eSN.TV Viewer’s Guide

38 eSchool Partners

17 Math and technology Strong math skills are important if students hope to succeed—and software that delivers hands-on, personalized instruction can help. — Jenna Zwang

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17 Schools to get $9M… For the latest in school funding news, go to
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33 eSN Special Report
Keeping students on a path to graduation.
— Jennifer Nastu

46 Curriculum Focus
Poor test scores have schools rethinking science instruction.
— Jenna Zwang

1 Fight looms over school funding

1 Schools: We need faster broadband

1 Google opens ed apps marketplace

3 Survey reveals educators’ most valued technologies

8 Amid budget cuts, ed-tech leaders do more with less

10 Comcast-NBC deal raises questions for education

12 Can schools be evaluated like a business?

14 Verizon challenges new net-neutrality rules in court

16 Study: Students need more paths to career success

25 How to share YouTube videos at school, safely

26 Kineo: Like an iPad, but made for students

30 Forum explores how to spur school innovation

41 Panel: How to improve special education

3 Online Update

6 Default Lines

6 Your Turn

28 Security Checkpoint

42 Learning Leadership

44 Netwatch

48 Viewpoint

49 Stakeholder & Community Relations

50 Grants & Funding

51 Tech Buyer’s Marketplace

52 Advertisers’ Showcase

53 Product Spotlight

54 eSchool Partners

17 Mobile learning: Not just laptops New advances in mobile technology could help schools realize the potential for true anytime, anywhere learning. — Jennifer Nastu

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42 Learning Leadership For more news and opinion on education reform, see our online School Reform Center:
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32 Grants & Funding For the latest in school funding news, go to
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27 Tech-Savvy Supe Awards
Meet 10 superintendents whose leadership and vision have spurred an ed-tech revolution.

34 There’s an app for that…
We’ve assembled a list of 10 education ‘apps’ we think are noteworthy.

1 What U.S. schools can learn from abroad

1 Ed groups slam net-neutrality ‘loopholes’

1 Teachers turn learning on its head

1 How to spur more tech use in the classroom

8 Edmodo: A free, secure social network for students

10 States having problems with Common Core standards

12 Coming soon: Faster, cheaper color printing

14 U.S. public wants an easier way to fire bad teachers

16 Commerce Department tackles online privacy

18 Students charged in Facebook invite to attack a teacher

18 Civil-rights groups seek revisions of Texas curriculum

20 Ore. district says iPods fire up kids for learning

20 730 U.S. schools trying to reinvent themselves

22 Electronics show brings fiercer competition to iPad

3 Learning Leadership

3 Online Update

6 Default Lines

6 Your Turn

21 Best Practices

32 Grants & Funding

33 Stakeholder & Community Relations

35 Tech Buyer’s Marketplace

36 Advertisers’ Showcase

38 eSchool Partners

26 Assessing the value of a teacher Debate rages over using the ‘value-added’ model of using student test scores to measure a teacher’s effectiveness. — Cara Erenben

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26 eSN Special Feature For more news and opinion on education reform, see our online School Reform Center:
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32 Grants & Funding For the latest in school funding news, go to
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4 Default Lines
Now is not the time to pull back on investing in education, writes Editor Dennis Pierce.

40 Best Practices
An Ohio school’s unique partnership with an ed-tech firm is helping students learn essential life skills.

1 Panel: Remove barriers to digital learning

1 News Corp. dives into ed-tech business

1 Survey: Mobile learning at a tipping point

1 More public schools trying single-sex education

3 Should K-12 schools adopt engineering standards?

8 GOP victories could affect education funding, ed tech

10 Growth of online learning continues, unevenly

12 Panel aims to turn teacher education ‘upside down’

14 N.C. students offered Microsoft certification course

17 HP agrees to $16M settlement in e-Rate fraud case

18 Duncan: Ed tech can help cut costs

20 FCC to move ahead on net-neutrality plans

22 Multitasking, wireless printing come to iPad

24 High-tech school bus extends learning for rural kids

26 Troubling gaps still exist in U.S. broadband use

3 eSN Online Update

6 Your Turn

32 Grants & Funding

33 Security Checkpoint

34 Netwatch

36 Tech Buyer’s Marketplace

37 Advertisers’ Showcase

38 eSchool Partners

27 A new breed of SIS is emerging School software mergers have led to a blending of student information systems and learning management systems.— Meris Stansbury

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