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  • Gates: U.S. ed has no choice but to improve
    Thu, Jul 23, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Global competitiveness
    The U.S. must improve its educational standing in the world by rewarding effective teaching and by developing better, universal measures of performance for students and teachers, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said on July 21. Key words: U.S. education, global competitiveness, 21st century education, 21st century learning, 21st century skills, Bill Gates, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, education, technology [ Read More ]

  • Free online course helps students plan careers
    Fri, Jul 10, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Global competitiveness
    A free online learning program from Microsoft is helping middle and high school students think about careers they might like to pursue and the skills necessary to attain those careers. Key words: 21st century skills, U.S. competitiveness, CareerForward, Microsoft, education, technology [ Read More ]

  • Carnegie Corporation: 'Do school differently'
    Wed, Jun 24, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Global competitiveness
    Urging the nation to "do school differently," a new report recommends a set of concrete actions for federal, state, and local education leaders to take to transform math and science instruction and bring the United States back to the forefront of global competition. Key words: STEM education, global competitiveness, Carnegie Commission, U.S. science education, U.S. math education [ Read More ]

  • 21st-century skills movement grows
    Mon, Jun 22, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  21st Century skills
    Illinois, Louisiana, and Nevada have become the latest states to join the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21), a national effort to integrate 21st-century skills into teaching and learning to prepare students for a global, information-based economy. Key words: Partnership for 21st Century Skills, P21, global competitiveness [ Read More ]

  • Senate bill supports 21st-century skills
    Fri, May 29, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  21st Century skills , Legislation
    States offering students curriculum options that integrate key 21st-century skills would receive matching federal funds through an incentive bill introduced in the U.S. Senate May 13 by West Virginia Democrat John D. Rockefeller IV. Key words: John D. Rockefeller, 21st century skills, problem solving [ Read More ]

  • Obama backs merit pay, early childhood ed
    Tue, Mar 10, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Global competitiveness
    With an emphasis on 21st-century education, President Obama on March 10 called for better early childhood education programs, tougher teacher standards, and increased pay for outstanding educators and desperately-needed math and science teachers. Key words: education reform, Obama, federal education policy, merit pay, early childhood education [ Read More ]

  • Report urges U.S. to look abroad for ed lessons
    Wed, Feb 25, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Global competitiveness
    A recent report urging action items to ensure that American students are globally competitive is bringing renewed focus to "international benchmarking," or the idea of looking toward other countries for help in drafting state achievement standards. Key words: international benchmarking, advisory group, National Governors Association, Council of Chief State School Officers, Achieve Inc [ Read More ]

  • Report: Reinvent schools for digital age
    Mon, Jan 26, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  21st Century skills
    Educators can't truly deliver 21st-century instruction in schools that reflect Industrial-Age designs, with rigid schedules, inflexible facilities, and fixed boundaries between grades, disciplines, and classrooms, according to a new white paper from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21). Key concepts: P21, 21st century skills, learning environment, digital age [ Read More ]

  • Seven skills students desperately need
    Thu, Nov 20, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  21st Century skills
    Teaching to the test is a mistake, Harvard's Tony Wagner reminded the audience of his Nov. 18 keynote address to the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA), because it interferes with transmitting the seven "survival skills" every student should acquire before graduating. [ Read More ]

 

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