12 things you need to know about the economy and education
A paper for The Hamilton Project analyzes the associations between education and various outcomes, highlighting a dozen economic facts on the state of education in America, with a…
Month: September 2012
High school in less than four years?
In Arizona, hundreds of high school students are now being offered the opportunity to graduate after their sophomore year — as long as they prove their academic mettle,…
Non-profit PTA sues for-profit rival PTO Today
The nonprofit PTA sued a for-profit rival on Wednesday, accusing it of denigrating the established group in a bid to siphon off members — a dispute that highlights…
Two high school teachers may be better than one
Two heads are better than one, or so the saying goes. But in a high school classroom, are two teachers better than one? Asks U.S. News.
Google reportedly set to blow open the tablet market later this year with $99 Nexus tablet
Google and its hardware partner ASUS are reportedly planning to launch a new $99 Nexus tablet this year that could open up the tablet market to a massive…
‘Embodied learning’ blends lessons with student-computer interaction
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New paper proposes ed-tech evaluation system
In a new paper, two researchers have proposed to create a new third-party ratings system for educational technology products, which would help link ed-tech buyers and sellers and…
Online game lets students slash, tax their way to balanced budget
University of Maryland (UM) College Park students last week finagled with federal spending and deficit reduction so that, at the very worst, they could delay economic Armageddon in…
How to have assessment without testing—and without losing valuable instructional time
Most educators can agree that frequent progress monitoring is critical to achieving a data-driven culture. However, under my direction at Cahuenga Elementary School in Los Angeles, we employed…
Watch: Town rallies around girl pranked for homecoming
A small town in Michigan is rallying behind a teenage girl who had thoughts of killing herself after students at her high school elected her to the homecoming…