Six great special-education resources for parents and teachers
Here are six special-education websites that provide vetted tools and technology that can help in many aspects of a child’s learning.
Month: May 2012
Parent report cards are novel way to boost support
Educators exasperated by the need for greater parent involvement have persuaded Tennessee lawmakers to sign off on a novel bit of arm-twisting: Asking parents to grade themselves on…
Study: Eighth-grade students still lag in science
Eighth-graders in the U.S. are doing slightly better in science than they were two years ago, but seven out of 10 still are not considered proficient, the federal…
Court dismisses two counts, upholds others, in professor’s child-porn viewing case
Viewing child pornography online isn't a crime, the New York Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday in the case of a college professor whose work computer was found to…
Wealthy parents increasingly seeking financial aid for K-12 education
Move over college students--you're not the only ones seeking financial aid to pay for tuition. More parents are applying for loans and other help to pay their kid'sprivate…
Watch: A message from your kids’ teachers on Kimmel
Teachers seem to get a lot of flack every election year, and that's on top of what they have to deal with day in and day out from…
California schools warn of grim future for students
California's public schools released a report that shows an increase in stress levels even as they must reduce staff levels, Yahoo! News reports.
Facebook to launch its own app store in the coming weeks
Facebook on Wednesday announced it will be launching a new App Center in the coming weeks on the web, iOS and Android, BGR reports.
Senate bill on the use of restraint would tie school leaders’ hands
The U.S. Senate is considering a bill that would prohibit the use of seclusion and restraint, the very practice that has enabled many students with serious emotional or…
Report suggests new system for principal evaluations
Principal evaluation systems should not be based solely on student achievement gains, but rather on the quality of a principal’s school-level leadership and performance, according to a new…
Help your students become better web searchers with this new Google site
For today's students, internet literacy—knowing how to find and understand information on the web—is as essential as traditional literacy, and now web-search giant Google Inc. has launched a…
Best high schools in America 2012
When considering your child's education, it may be hard not to focus on the potential loans needed to pay for college or the outlook of the post-graduation job…
Teachers suing NYC over school closings
Unions representing teachers and principals are suing the New York City to stop the official closing of 24 schools, arguing education officials are pretending to shutter the schools…
Young, gay student who fired stun gun at school expelled
Darnell “Dynasty” Young, the 17-year-old openly gay student who was suspended for bringing a stun gun to school to ward off bullies, has now been expelled, MSNBC reports.
Green Valley High School principal: Errors rank Nevada school 13th in U.S.
A principal says his suburban high school outside Las Vegas is great, but probably shouldn't win the title of 13th best in the nation, the Associated Press reports.
Opinion: Two important ways Arne Duncan showed teachers true appreciation
My morning started with a free bagel. It wasn't much -- no five-figure bonus or anything like that -- but I'm a teacher. It's the thought that counts.…
After 15 years, govt. tells phone companies to follow low-price rule for schools
After 15 years of neglect, federal regulators are finally planning to tell phone companies selling services to schools and libraries how to comply with a rule requiring them…
AT&T, feds neglect low-price mandate designed to help schools
At the dawn of the internet era, Congress set out to avert a digital divide between rich and poor students. In a landmark bill, lawmakers required the nation’s…
3 educational iPad apps for toddlers
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Teacher on flawed tests: ‘We can ill-afford to be silent while our very jobs are at stake’
I received the following email from a New York State math teacher, says Valerie Strauss, columnist for the Washington Post.
Study: Minority students get less critical feedback from teachers
Black and Latino students may be getting less critical, but helpful, feedback from teachers than their white counterparts, a new educational study indicates, LiveScience reports.
Watch: High school principal accused of ‘spying’ on Facebook, resigns
It's a cardinal rule among educators: Interacting with students on social media, if it is allowed, requires caution and the same amount of professionalism that would be conducted…
Watch: Education Secretary Arne Duncan: Gay marriage should be legal
A day after Vice President Joe Biden said he was "absolutely comfortable" with gay marriage, signaling the Obama administration's evolving views on same-sex marriage, Secretary of Education Arne…
Why more schools aren’t teaching web literacy—and how they can start
In 1998, a 15-year-old high school student used the personal website of a professor at Northwestern University, Arthur Butz, as justification for writing a history paper called “The…
Game-based learning catching on in schools
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Schools chafe at effort to rate teacher preparation programs
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Will new federal rules kill off a beloved school tradition?
Is the tradition of school bake sales nearing an end? At a time when school communities are forced to increase fundraising efforts amid tighter budgets, one hugely popular…
Watch: Student heading to Harvard after being homeless, abandoned by parents
When facing homelessness, bullying, and being abandoned by family, many people might be tempted to give up hope. But for 18-year-old Dawn Loggins, who was just accepted into…
Guess when this warning about testing was written
The following, published in an American newspaper, warns about the dangers of attaching high stakes to standardized test results and about the growing dependence on these assessments in…
Don’t believe the outrage: First grader rightfully suspended
According to ABC News, a first grader in Aurora, Colo., was suspended for singing "I'm sexy and I know it" during school. , quoting a lyric from a…
Lenovo to spend $800M to develop mobile products
Lenovo, best known for its PCs, plans to get into mobile in a big way with an $800 million base in Wuhan, China, dedicated to developing mobile internet…
Ed-tech group IDs ways to help boost achievement
An initiative that uses research to identify ways to use educational technology successfully soon will launch a professional learning community with resources and collaborative opportunities to help school…
Inspiring young minds to innovate
A knowledge-based society has replaced the service-based economy that once provided the majority of American jobs, and today’s students must learn to create and innovate if they are…
AP surges as a tool for schools raising standards
Not long ago, Advanced Placement exams were mostly for top students looking to challenge themselves and get a head start on college credit. Not anymore.
Nobel Peace nominee: Pay teachers more, focus on mobile technology
Sir Bob Geldof—an Irish singer, songwriter, author, occasional actor, and political activist—noted during the Consortium for School Networking's recent K-12 Technology Leadership Conference that the world's economy is…
Arizona 15-year-old will graduate from college, then high school
An Arizona 15-year-old girl will don two different caps and gowns this month, but the first won't be at her high school graduation, Good Morning America reports.
Parents of boy forcibly tattooed sue school district
The parents of a New Hampshire teenager who was assaulted and forcibly tattooed on the buttocks by four older students during school hours have filed suit against the…
Experts unlike ruling in Facebook speech case
The "like" button on Facebook seems like a relatively clear way to express your support for something, but a federal judge says that doesn't mean clicking it is…
Striking new tone, Chris Christie says education reform is led by GOP
Chris Christie, the Republican governor of New Jersey, said Thursday that Republican politicians are leading the way for better educational opportunities for poor and minority children through voucher…
Illinois state Senate votes to end legislative scholarships
The Illinois Senate agreed Thursday to stop letting lawmakers hand out free college education to certain constituents, removing the final roadblock to ending a century-old practice plagued by…