January 2012

USDA sets guidelines for healthier school meals

January 26, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

School meals for millions of children will be healthier under obesity-fighting U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) standards unveiled on Wednesday that double the fruits and vegetables in cafeteria…

District Management

Opinion: Require kids to stay in school? Not so fast….

January 26, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Anytime you hear government officials mandating new behaviors to a broad swath of the population, that mandate is likely to run afoul of the First Amendment, says Sam…

Curriculum

Students learn smart-phone app making

January 26, 2012 by From wire service reports

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District Management

Report tracks states’ progress toward Common Core standards

January 26, 2012January 26, 2012 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

As the Common Core State Standards continue to gain momentum, states say they are more rigorous than previous standards, but many cite challenges in fully implementing the standards,…

Teaching Trends

Dell Social Innovation Challenge supports student entrepreneurs

January 25, 2012 by Jeff Festa

Dell is now accepting applications for the 2012 Dell Social Innovation Challenge, a program that gives students from around the world the chance to bring their entrepreneurial ideas…

District Management

Obama challenges lawmakers to strengthen education

January 26, 2012January 25, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

In a State of the Union address that was as much a campaign speech as a call to action, President Obama touted his administration’s success in spurring school…

District Management

Guns at school? Colorado Republicans say ‘Yes’

January 25, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Colorado state senators on Monday rejected legislation proposed by Republicans that would allow concealed weapons on school campuses, KJCT 8 News reports.

District Management

Remarks by President Obama in his 2012 State of the Union Address

January 25, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

…Jackie Bray is a single mom from North Carolina who was laid off from her job as a mechanic. Then ... Read more

District Management

NY bill would make crimes out of SAT cheating

January 25, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

New York would make felonies out of cheating on the SAT college entrance test under a bill released Tuesday as part of a legislative investigation into a scandal…

District Management

Watch: Bishop slams public schools: Hitler and Mussolini ‘Would love our system’

January 25, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Religious leaders in Philadelphia are frustrated with the battle over school choice, to the extent that Harrisburg Bishop Joseph McFadden says fascist leaders Hitler and Mussolini "would love"…

District Management

‘Tim Tebow homeschool law’ gains momentum in Virginia

January 25, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and a Republican-dominated Senate have given new life to an effort to pass legislation that would give permission to students who are homeschooled to…

IT Management

Mozy releases file-syncing for its cloud service

November 5, 2013January 25, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Online data storage service Mozy has unveiled a new file synchronization feature for consumers and businesses to keep data up to date across all devices, from smartphones and…

IT Management

Google to merge user data across more services

January 25, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

Google announced a plan Jan. 24 to link user data across its eMail, video, social-networking, and other services that it says will create a “beautifully simple and intuitive”…

Teaching Trends

Ray Kurzweil ‘Explosive growth’

January 24, 2012January 24, 2012 by ESchool News

Author and inventor Ray Kurzweil on what the future holds for education and technology.

Teaching Trends

Kurzweil Interview Part I

January 24, 2012January 24, 2012 by ESchool News

Futurist and best-selling author Ray Kurzweil spoke with eSchool News Editor Gregg W. Downey during the Educause Conference for higher education, held in Dallas, not long ago. (Part…

Teaching Trends

Kurzweil Interview Part II

January 24, 2012January 24, 2012 by ESchool News

Futurist and best-selling author Ray Kurzweil spoke with eSchool News Editor Gregg W. Downey during the Educause Conference for higher education, held in Dallas, not long ago. (Part…

Teaching Trends

Kurzweil Interview Part III

January 24, 2012January 24, 2012 by ESchool News

Futurist and best-selling author Ray Kurzweil spoke with eSchool News Editor Gregg W. Downey during the Educause Conference for higher education, held in Dallas, not long ago. (Part…

Teaching Trends

Alan November at ISTE 2010

April 12, 2012January 24, 2012 by ESchool News

Alan November, senior partner of November Learning, discusses the philosophy and culture of today's schools.

Teaching Trends

Case study: Hamilton County Department of Education

April 2, 2012January 24, 2012 by IBM

See how one district achieved the highest NCLB scores in its history.

Teaching Trends

Decision Management for Student Performance

April 2, 2012January 24, 2012 by IBM

Learn how administrators and educators can be empowered with the insights to help students by using existing data to drive optimal individual achievement, gain greater visibility into school…

Teaching Trends

The Risks of Using Spreadsheets for Statistical Analysis

April 2, 2012January 24, 2012 by IBM

Are Spreadsheets More Hindrance than Help in Data Analysis? Find out how spreadsheets' limitations can be liabilities, and learn a better way to analyze data. Download The Risks…

Curriculum

Tea Party group pushes for sunnier side of slavery in textbooks

January 24, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

A little more than a year after the conservative-led state board of education in Texas approved massive changes to its school textbooks to put slavery in a more…

Teaching & Learning

Schools drop athletics to save district

January 24, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

In a desperate effort to boost student performance and save a school system from closure, one Texas school district has made the mid-year decision to eliminate its athletic…

Research

Black, Latino students perform at levels of 30 years ago

January 24, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Educators are expressing alarm that the performance gap between minority and white high school students continues to expand across the United States, with minority teenagers performing at academic…

District Management

Chicago Public School system announces guidelines for longer school days

January 24, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago Public School system has issued guidelines that detail what the longer school days are to consist of.

District Management

Rothstein: The facts that school reformers ignore

January 24, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Education “reformers” have a common playbook, says Richard Rothstein, a research associate at the Economic Policy Institute, for the Washington Post.

District Management

Teacher tenure is under increased attack

January 24, 2012 by From wire service reports

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District Management

Ed-tech group outlines goals to help schools implement technology

January 25, 2012January 24, 2012 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

One of the nation’s major educational technology advocacy groups has identified five key goals in a new three-year advocacy plan that will help address and advance new K-12…

District Management

Senator puts teachers, police officers, firefighters in the 1 percent

January 24, 2012January 23, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) has advocated for large financial institutions in the past, but he stuck up for an interesting new segment of the 1 percent on Saturday:…

District Management

‘Parent trigger’ would let parents convert schools

January 23, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Indiana parents could soon have a direct say in turning public schools into charter schools. A measure being pushed in the Indiana House of Representatives would let them…

District Management

Hawaii teachers reject contract in ‘blow’ to Race to the Top

January 23, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Public school teachers in Hawaii have rejected a contract that called for a move to a performance-based evaluation and compensation system, as required by the Race to the…

IT Management

Stress blamed for student tics at New York school

January 23, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

State health officials have determined stress likely caused a dozen female high school students to suddenly experience tics and other neurological symptoms associated with Tourette Syndrome, they said…

District Management

U.S. Department of Education seeks teacher input on education policy

January 23, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

In a joint effort between the U.S. Department of Education and the Close Up Foundation, 50-100 teachers from across the country will meet with the Department's Teaching Ambassador…

District Management

After protest, Congress puts off internet piracy bill

January 23, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

Caving to a massive campaign by internet services and their millions of users, which also included universities such as Syracuse and MIT, Congress on Jan. 20 indefinitely postponed…

STEM & STEAM

Wolfram Alpha launches free portal with tools for math instruction

January 24, 2012January 21, 2012 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

Numerous studies have highlighted the importance of U.S. students’ math achievement, and now math teachers have a new resource, aligned with the Common Core standards and available free…

IT Management

Homophobia starts in elementary school; teachers do little

January 20, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Clare Davidson-Sherman, the adopted daughter of Karen Davidson-Fisher, has "several mommies"--her biological one, her adoptive mother's former partner who has joint custody, and now Davidson-Fisher's legal wife, ABC…

Curriculum

Opinion: We’re smart enough for Darwin debate

January 20, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

During my 20 years as a local reporter and columnist, I have noticed our schools deal with all of the big national education issues—student assessment, budget cuts, teacher…

Teaching & Learning

Public school, private donations: The money debate

January 20, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

School foundations and PTAs used to raise money for the extras - high-tech projectors and special field trips. But these days, private donations to schools have grown dramatically…

Curriculum

A free legal clinic that opens when class is over

January 20, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Soon after Dennis Kass started teaching history at a small high school in Little Village four years ago, he put his law degree to use, dispensing free legal…

Research

What the 1% majored in

January 20, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

There are a lot of factors to weigh when picking your college major. Like, for example, will this major land me in the top 1% of earners? Despite…

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