JAMF Software helps schools leverage the power of Apple devices
The Casper Suite simplifies the life of system administrators with a comprehensive platform to manage Mac OS X computers and iOS devices such as the iPad. The Casper…
Month: June 2012
5 more states granted NCLB waivers
Five more states have been granted relief from key requirements of the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law, bringing the total to 24 states given waivers, an Obama…
To improve school nutrition, involve teachers and parents
To improve school nutrition and get children to eat healthier, involve parents, teachers and school administrators, new research finds, HealthDay reports.
How GERM is infecting schools around the world
Ten years ago — against all odds — Finland was ranked as the world’s top education nation. It was strange because in Finland education is seen as a…
YouTube is developing a secret weapon against the internet’s worst commenters
Long considered home to the worst commenters on the internet — racist, cruel, idiotic, nonsensical, and barely literate — YouTube is in the process of upgrading its comment…
S.Africa claims delivery of books in schools fiasco
South Africa's education department on Thursday claimed it had supplied nearly all missing textbooks to 5,000 public schools as ordered by a court but doubts remained that the…
Google unveils $199 tablet, challenges Kindle Fire
Google on June 27 said it will sell a 7-inch, $199 tablet computer bearing its brand in a challenge to Amazon's Kindle Fire.
Technology Changes in the Classroom: In search of effective, flexible solutions
Today’s classrooms are in transition. Technology of all sorts is making its way into the classroom and offering new ways ... Read more
Texas Republican Party calls for abstinence-only sex ed, corporal punishment in schools
Early this month, Texas Republican delegates met in Fort Worth to approve their 2012 platform, notable parts of which take aim at the state's education system, The Huffington…
Teach for America alums take aim at state office
When Teach for America alumnus Bill Ferguson took on six-term incumbent George Della for a Maryland Senate seat two years ago, he benefited from the energetic support of…
Texas business leaders accuse educators of ‘scaring mom’ about standardized tests
The backlash in Texas against excessive high-stakes standardized testing seems to be rattling business leaders, who have now blamed educators for panicking parents about the exams, The Washington…
Google’s artificial brain watches YouTube, learns to see cats
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Project to evaluate use of tablets in schools
Tablets—with their lightweight portability and interactive touch screens—have been hailed as the next “must have” as schools move toward mobile computing. But questions linger: How much network access…
Teachers and administrators, don’t be scared of technology: It won’t replace the classroom
Last year, our principal posed this question to our faculty, write Jody Passanisi and Shara Peters for Scientific American: Can we be rendered obsolete by online learning?
Collegewebeditor.com is an authority on all things marketing
Collegewebeditor.com, launched and run by internet marketing expert Karine Joly, updates educators and IT professionals on the latest in how to attract prospective students and engage current students,…
District ‘Race to the Top’ rules spur mixed reaction
Proposed guidelines for school districts to vie for $400 million in new federal grants have elicited mixed reaction from education groups—from concern among ed-tech groups over how “personalized…
Tech companies announce ‘Girls Who Code’ initiative
It’s no secret that programmers who work at start-ups are predominantly men. This is evident on all corners of the Internet: from the naming of some products —…
Cell phone cheating scandal rocks top NY high school
In a stunning new cheating scandal, a student has been forced out of the city’s top public school — Stuyvesant High — over allegations he used a cell…
Kansas school board candidate calls evolution ‘Satanic lies’
Science and religion are once again pitted against each other -- this time in a Kansas Board of Education race in which one candidate, Jack Wu, has called…
Probe finds test cheating at several D.C. schools
Teachers in three District classrooms cheated last year on high-stakes standardized tests, according to the results of an investigation released Friday morning by the Office of the State…
How analytics can improve education
Delivering the keynote address at the 2012 Strata conference, Steve Schoettler emphasized how learning analytics can be used to improve education -- a process that has been slow…
Donations for bullied N.Y. school bus monitor top $650K
Donations for a 68-year-old school bus monitor bullied by seventh-graders outside Rochester, N.Y., have topped $650,000, and she's looking beyond the intended "vacation of a lifetime" for how…
An upstairs-downstairs divide at a public school building in East Harlem
Karen Melendez-Hutt once presided over a fine success story. Early last decade, she became principal of Public School 30 in East Harlem, a school on the critical care…
Testing experts play critical role in students’, teachers’ futures
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ISTE 2012: Educators seek the brass ring of student engagement
“Redefining horizons: Encouraging students’ passion to achieve” is the theme for this year’s International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference—but in what looked like a scene that…
Remedial education: focus on improvement, not elimination
Last week Ohio joined 21 other states and higher education systems eliminating funding for remedial education, The Huffington Post reports.
Classroom lectures go digital
The virtual teacher has arrived — flickering away on a screen on a school bus, in a bunk bed or in the shade of a beach umbrella, and…
12 ways of disconnecting in a connected world
How can one disconnect in today’s world, and why would one want to anyway?
Church and school cuts anger catholics in Philadelphia
“It’s been a rough week” is how the Rev. Charles Zlock, pastor of the St. Mary of the Assumption Parish, started his 10 a.m. homily on Sunday.
Has Title IX, now 40 years old, harmed male athletics?
A new report on Title IX, the landmark civil rights law passed 40 years ago that barred gender discrimination in education for all students, says that a great…
Bullying of teachers more damaging in online era
The bullying that bus monitor Karen Klein endured on a ride home from an upstate New York school was painful and egregious, but also shows how student harassment…
Up to $500K for RTI
The RTI Model for providing support, instruction and assessment for learners at all ability levels aligns with current federal legislation, such as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement…
Up to $450K for college
New Gateway Network members are selected through a rigorous discovery and selection process, which includes meetings with National Network staff both at an existing Gateway program and at…
Fullbright classroom teacher exchange
The Fulbright Classroom Teacher Exchange Program provides opportunities for teachers to participate in direct exchanges of positions with colleagues from other countries for a semester or academic year.…
Study: Students perform better on tests when offered incentives
Students attending low-performing schools tend to perform better on tests when promised financial or non-financial incentives for good scores, according to a study conducted by Freakonomics’ Steven D.…
Lawmakers reject color-coded student IDs by test score
California lawmakers have voted to prohibit a controversial practice by Kennedy and Cypress High Schools that required students to carry color-coded ID cards and notebooks based on their…
How LeBron James focused for games: Reading books. Tell the kids.
Miami Heat star LeBron James had a somewhat surprising practice that he used to focus before games, including during the final series in which he led his team…
Study released on library eBook borrowing
eBook readers have been relatively slow to borrow digital works from the library, frustrated by a limited selection and by not even knowing if their local branch offers…
One district’s tough road toward equity for all kids
“Unless our children begin to learn together there is little hope that our people will ever learn to live together,” said Justice Thurgood Marshall.
Cyber school funding formulas draw ire
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