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  • Low-cost XO laptops to be sold in U.S.
    Tue, Sep 25, 2007    Primary Topic Channel:  International
    Low-power, low-cost ($188) "XO" laptops will be sold to U.S. residents and Canadians for $400 each through the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative. The more than $200 extra profit for each will go straight toward supplying children in poor countries with machines of their own. [ Read More ]

  • Report: Schools aren't preparing kids for college
    Thu, Sep 13, 2007    Primary Topic Channel:  21st Century skills
    The Alliance for Excellent Education convened a panel yesterday to discuss a new issue brief highlighting the disconnect that exists between the way high school teachers prepare their students for the future and how students actually achieve success. An emphasis on college readiness, panelists said, is needed to inform, assess, and improve high school teaching for the 21st-century. [ Read More ]

  • Groups push for media-literacy education in schools
    Wed, Aug 01, 2007    Primary Topic Channel:  Global competitiveness
    Nearly three out of five states say they have defined what it means for students to be "media literate" and have implemented media-literacy standards, according to a recent survey--a result suggesting that states are beginning to address the importance of preparing students for an information-rich society, but they still have more work to do. [ Read More ]

  • Public wants more tech in classrooms
    Wed, Aug 01, 2007    Primary Topic Channel:  21st Century skills
    Americans recognize the importance of technology in reforming the nation's schools and making them relevant for the 21st century, a new survey suggests--but they disagree on how schools should impart key 21st-century skills to their students. [ Read More ]

  • SIIA: Get K-20 vision in focus
    Fri, Jul 27, 2007    Primary Topic Channel:  21st Century skills
    The Software and Information Industry Association is launching Vision for K-20 Education, an initiative intended to help schools and educators realize technology's potential in giving students 21st century skills to compete in a global society. [ Read More ]

  • Bill Gates calls for ed-data center
    Thu, Mar 08, 2007    Primary Topic Channel:  21st Century skills
    Testifying before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said changes to the nation's schools and immigration laws are urgently needed to ensure America's continued competitiveness in the new global economy. He called on lawmakers to help strengthen U.S. high schools by creating an education-data center, encouraging more challenging standards, bolstering math and science education, and making curriculum more relevant and engaging to today's "digital natives," students comfortable with technology. [ Read More ]

  • Governors craft reform strategy
    Mon, Mar 05, 2007    Primary Topic Channel:  21st Century skills
    At the annual winter meeting of the National Governors Association, the nation's governors agreed that states need to overhaul their curricula and refocus on math, science, technology, engineering, and foreign languages if they want to meet the challenge of globalization and prepare their graduates to compete in the 21st-century economy. [ Read More ]

 

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