The 10 biggest ed-tech stories of 2012
Touch-screen tablets transform special education … States and schools ramp up for new online assessments … Educators “flip” over a revolutionary instructional model: These are among the many…
Month: December 2012
eSchool News 2012 Year in Review
Inside this issue: •How touch-screen tablets are transforming special education •Why full-time virtual schools have come under the microscope •What President Obama’s re-election might mean for schools •Why…
Op-Ed: It’s time we ditched the college admissions tests
Parents, high school students, and college counselors, listen up. I’ve got good news about those dreaded and bank-account-draining college admission tests and test prep programs, Takepart.com reports.
Student group to go to court over Facebook privacy policy
An Austrian student group plans to go to court in a bid to make Facebook Inc, the world's biggest social network, do more to protect the privacy of…
Teacher tying bathroom breaks to good behavior results in student ‘accident’
NBCDFW.com is reporting that a second-grade teacher at J.O. Davis Elementary in Irving, Texas, had a system in which her students were awarded extra bathroom breaks for good…
Expert shows school district funding disparities
The Texas Legislature's decision to cut $1.4 billion in grants to public schools disproportionately hurt poor districts, costing them $253 per student a year compared with $21 a…
Scientists find gene link to teenage binge drinking
Scientists have unpicked the brain processes involved in teenage alcohol abuse and say their findings help explain why some young people have more of a tendency to binge…
Teachers union calls for certification exam
School teachers should have to pass a stringent exam—much like the bar exam for lawyers—before being allowed to enter the profession, one of the nation's largest teachers unions…
Computer glitch keeps some Texas students from retaking high-stakes exam
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Study: Tech classes correlate with better achievement
High school students in Florida who took at least one technology course and industry certification exam had higher attendance rates and GPAs, on average, than students with similar…
La. school voucher plan ruled unconstitutional
Gov. Bobby Jindal's voucher program that uses tax dollars to send students to private schools was ruled unconstitutional Friday by a state judge who said it's improperly funded…
Texas high schoolers see relief from high-stakes testing rule
For a second year, Texas high schools will not be required to count new end-of-course exams as part of a student's grade, Texas Education Commissioner Michael Williams announced…
School encourages homophobic humiliation as student punishment
Two Arizona high school students who were caught fighting faced a controversial punishment concocted by their principal: Either endure a suspension, or sit in the school courtyard holding…
Chicago teachers union report highlights flaws
Nearly two months after a contentious labor battle between Chicago teachers and the city, the Chicago Teachers Union is striking yet another blow in a report that calls…
Are we spending too little on standardized tests?
Matt Chingos has an idea that will likely roil the scores of parents and teachers who think the U.S. tests its students too much: we might actually spend…
Five states to increase class time in some schools
For thousands of public school students, school is about to get quite a bit longer.
iPad app allows students to report bullying
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