‘Buyer’s remorse’ dogging Common Core rollout
Millions of students will take new online tests rooted in the Common Core standards for math and reading this year, but policy makers in many states are having…
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- ‘Buyer’s remorse’ dogging Common Core rollout - October 30, 2014
- Calif. law targets social media monitoring of students - October 2, 2014
- Elementary world language instruction - September 25, 2014
Elementary world language instruction
At Scenic Heights Elementary School in Minnetonka, Minn., students practice writing Chinese characters in their notebooks as their teacher writes these characters in broad strokes on an interactive…
‘Buyer’s remorse’ dogging Common Core standards rollout
Millions of students will take new online tests rooted in the Common Core standards for math and reading this year, but policy makers in many states are having…
Education Department tries to ease testing worries
Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Aug. 21 said that states can apply for extra time before they use student test scores to judge teachers' performance.
Top ed-tech stories to watch: Online testing looms
Next spring, new state exams tied to the Common Core standards in reading and math will be given for the first time in more than 40 states—and there…
3 things you might not know about Google for Education
What does it mean to “go Google” as a K-12 school or district? In a recent eSchool News webinar sponsored by Google, James Leonard from the Google for…
Top ed-tech stories to watch: Schools grapple with data privacy
After the high-profile demise this past spring of inBloom, a controversial nonprofit organization that aimed to build a national, cloud-based student data system to improve education, school leaders…
Top ed-tech stories to watch: Maker movement makes waves
As the new school year approaches, “maker spaces” are cropping up in countless schools and libraries nationwide.
About half of kids’ learning ability is in their DNA, study says
You may think you're better at reading than you are at math (or vice versa), but new research suggests you're probably equally good (or bad) at both. The…
Four favorite tools for English language learning
Here are reviews of four high-quality digital tools that can help teach English language skills, courtesy of Common Sense Media and its new Graphite service–a free database of…
At ISTE 2014, ‘EdTekTalks’ aim to inspire attendees
The 2014 International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference in Atlanta later this month will mark the debut of a new format for engaging and inspiring ed-tech…
Four favorite tools for English language learning
Here are reviews of four high-quality digital tools that can help teach English language skills, courtesy of Common Sense Media and its new Graphite service--a free database of…
‘Hacker schools’ give students a different path to tech jobs
Aaron Groch had a bachelor’s degree in English and was already writing for the web when he went back to school to study computer programming. But Groch said…
Most schools don’t teach computer science
Would it surprise you to know that most schools don’t teach computer science — not even the basics? It should, especially given that there will be about 1…
College Board unveils changes in SAT that make test more practical
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‘Why foreign languages are a ‘crucial’ skill
Educational technology consultant Alan November is fond of telling a story about a conversation he once had with a senior executive at a global investment bank.
